Can pitcher plants eat mice? What size of pitcher plant does it need?

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1. Can you eat mice?

2. How big a pitcher plant should be?

3. Morphological characteristics

Ordinary pitcher plants cannot eat mice, but giant pitcher plants can capture mice. Its size is very large, several times that of ordinary pitcher plants. The bottle-shaped giant pitcher plant is about 30cm in length. It attracts other prey by secreting liquid in the same way as ordinary pitcher plants.

1. Can it eat mice?

General pitcher plants cannot eat mice, and our common pitcher plants cannot eat mice. The pitcher plant that can eat mice is very large, several times larger than the plants we usually see. Ordinary pitcher plants can only capture some small insects, such as flies, ants, mosquitoes, etc. It also supplements nutrients by catching insects.

2. How big is a Nepenthes? OK

The giant pitcher plant can capture mice. Its bottle-shaped length is about 30cm, the width is generally about 16cm, and the largest one can reach more than 3 meters. It is no different from ordinary pitcher plants. It also absorbs prey through the secretion of liquid.

3. Morphological characteristics

It is a terrestrial herb or vine with a cylindrical shape. Its leaves have no petioles or have relatively small petioles. The length of the rosette-shaped leaves can reach 30cm, and the width and length are about 10cm. The pitchers of this giant pitcher plant can be 1.5 liters, and some can exceed 2 liters.

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