Bugs for Lunch!: Strange Ways Plants Survive

Some conditions make survival tough for plants. That’s when plants can show off their unique adaptations! Young readers will learn how meat-eating plants, cactuses, and other plants survive in harsh habitats. | A fly scurries along a plant leaf. It touches tiny hairs. Snatch! The leaf closes around the fly. Lunch is served! Meat-eating plants survive by eating insects. Cactuses can store water in their stems to live in dry deserts. Other plants stay warm at night by folding up their leaves. With fun infographics and humorous sidebars, young readers will learn about the amazing ways plants survive.