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PLANTS THAT FISH 



LIKE certain land plants, which through gen- 

 erations of struggling have acquired car- 

 nivorous habits, there are certain aquatic plants 

 which have learned to set traps and fish for their 

 daily fare. 



Plant beings, both land and water, which can- 

 not move from their places, nor wage warfare with 

 hoofs, daggers, or teeth, have learned the value of 

 the nitrogenous elements to be found in decaying 

 animal matter, and, having recognised the need, 

 have arranged their habits of living accordingly. 



There are many carnivorous sea plants, which 

 live entirely on small forms of animal life, their 

 prey varying in size from the tiniest animalcule to 

 minnows and similar small fish, and in some in- 

 stances to forms of animal life of decidedly more 

 formidable dimensions. 



The means of catching fish used by marine plants 

 include an interesting array, ranging from baited 

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