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The sundew's tentacles are living fly-paper.
小毛氈苔的觸須 有如活生生的捕蠅紙
Struggling only makes matters worse.
掙扎只會讓情況越變越糟
With each contact, the plant tightens its grip.
每一次接觸 都會讓小毛氈苔卷得更緊
As more and more tentacles envelop the prey,
卷住獵物的觸須越來越多
the droplets spread across its body.
液滴沾滿了獵物的身體
The Venus fly trap.
這是捕蠅草
Like the sundew, it makes itself very attractive,
它和小毛氈苔一樣 都想辦法讓自己變得香甜可口
oozing nectar across the brim of each leaf.
每一片葉子的邊緣都滲出蜜汁
Eventually, the insect is smothered and drowns in sticky fluid.
最后昆蟲窒息，在黏液中淹死
Digestive enzymes break down the body into a nitrogen-rich meal
消化酵素把昆蟲的身體 分解為一頓富含氮的大餐
which is absorbed by the plant.
由植物吸收
Without animal tissues this plant would not survive.
若少了動物的組織 這種植物也無法存活
But there's another carnivorous plant
但另一種食肉植物的
that's an even more sophisticated predator.
狩獵策略更高明
