III 
PLANTS THAT FISH 
IKE 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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