Imagine a beautiful plant that attracts insects to their death by a charming scent and inviting pigmentation. Pitcher Plants have a “pitcher-like” shape that features a deep cavity filled with liquid. Insects are attracted visually and or by smell to it. Once there, the insect such as a fly falls into the pitcher like body and cannot escape because the sides are slippery and ridged.
The liquid does three things to the insect: trap, cover and dissolves it. As the insect is dissolved it becomes a soup of amino acids, nitrogen, phosphorus, peptides, and other minerals from which the pitcher plant absorbs for its food and nutrition. Therefore, Insects be cautious… everything that smells great and is beautiful is not always good for you; however, it is good for the wellbeing and nourishment of the Pitcher Plants.
The liquid does three things to the insect: trap, cover and dissolves it. As the insect is dissolved it becomes a soup of amino acids, nitrogen, phosphorus, peptides, and other minerals from which the pitcher plant absorbs for its food and nutrition. Therefore, Insects be cautious… everything that smells great and is beautiful is not always good for you; however, it is good for the wellbeing and nourishment of the Pitcher Plants.
Awol Seid Ebrahim
Imagine a beautiful plant that attracts insects to their death by a charming scent and inviting pigmentation. Pitcher Plants have a “pitcher-like” shape that features a deep cavity filled with liquid. Insects are attracted visually and or by smell to it. [better flow: attracted to it visually or by its smell] Once there, the insect such as a fly falls into the pitcher like [pitcher-like] body and cannot escape because the sides are slippery and ridged.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenThe liquid does three things to the insect: trap, cover and dissolves dissolve: infinitive] it. As the insect is dissolved it becomes a soup of amino acids, nitrogen, phosphorus, peptides, and other minerals from which the pitcher plant absorbs for [drop 'for' here] its food and nutrition. Therefore, Insects be cautious… everything that smells great and is beautiful is not always good for you; however, it is good for the wellbeing and nourishment of the Pitcher Plants.
Nice story, clear flow, but mind the language aspects!
olaf
Hi,
BeantwoordenVerwijderenI enjoyed reading your blog. You explain briefly, yet understandable what pitcher plants are and how they lure insects. There is a nice topic sentence and a fun conclusion.
Despite some mistakes, it is a pleasant story to read: it has a nice structure and it is easy to understand, also for a non-scientific public.
Cheers!
Fabienne Goethals