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    Some species of plants are insectivorous. Why?

    Their growth in shady and dark places does not allow them to undertake sufficient photosynthesis and thus, they depend on insects for nutrition

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    They are adapted to grow in nitrogen deficient soils and thus, depend on insects for sufficient nitrogeneous nutrition

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    They cannot synthesize certain vitamins themselves and depend on the insects digested by them

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    They have remained in that particular stage of evolution as living fossils, a link between autotrophs and heterotrophs.

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    2nd option is correct. 
    Some species of plants are insectivorous. They are adapted to grow in nitrogen deficient soils and thus, depend on insects for sufficient nitrogeneous nutrition.
     

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