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Vibrations from an Insect Trapped Inside a Carnivorous Sundew and Thrashing

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Vibrations from an insect trapped inside a carnivorous sundew and thrashing around to escape stimulate the sundewʹs response. What happens next?


A) Thigmotropism is activated, and it kills the insect.
B) The plant secretes a cocktail of digestive enzymes that rapidly breaks down the insectʹs body.
C) The sundewʹs leaves snap shut and their spiked edges mesh, trapping the insect.
D) An electrical shock kills the insect.

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