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    Haunting plants
    (UMT Lahore, 2023-07) Aamra Saleem
    The topic that I have selected for my thesis is haunting plants. I have chosen this theme because my grandfather used to keep these plants in our home. So I have been looking at these plants since my childhood. Moreover, I am always attracted to something horror and creepy, or something which involves some weird facts. Apart from this, I have also watched some movies related to haunting plants since then I decided that I will choose this topic for my thesis. So now if we come to my topic, haunting plants are also known as carnivorous plants or insectivorous plants. Those plants are usually adapted to capture and then digest insects and different animals. These plants capture their pursuit by means of ingenious pitfalls and traps. There are more than 600 known species of carnivorous plants. And sometimes even more than 600 including their carnivorous habitat. But I have used 3 basic species of haunting plants by using insects as their supporting elements. These four species are; pitcher plants also known as Sarracenia purpurea scientifically, Venus fly trap also known as Dionaea muscipula scientifically, sundew also known as Drosera scientifically and lobster-pot trap also known as Genus Geniesscientifically. Now if we talk about their pitfall and trapping mechanisms then pitcher plants are considered to be one of the most common types of pitfall prey, pitcher plants have hollow bodies and lid leaves on their mouth and have some sort of liquid on their leaves to trap insects and animals and then digest them. The same goes for sundew plants, they have some sort of sticky mucilage through which they trap insects and animals or with butterworts or leaf surface and gland-tripped hair to capture their prey. Similarly, the Venus flytrap uses its rapid leaf closure moment to capture its prey and digest them. The same goes for lobster pot traps use their hair to trap plants and insects they prey on them and then digest them. Now if we come to their digestion process, then the carnivorous plants go through the chemical breakdown process and then digest animals and insects and then in the end the plants absorb nitrogen and salts. And this absorption helps carnivorous plants to survive and grow.