By comparing the DNA of carnivorous plants with other species, scientists have found that they evolved independently on at least six separate occasions.(通過(guò)比較食肉植物和其他物種的DNA，科學(xué)家發(fā)現(xiàn)它們至少在6個(gè)不同的時(shí)期獨(dú)立進(jìn)化。)

These are large, carnivorous, cricket-like insects whose feet splay out wildly in different directions.(它們是一些大型，蟋蟀狀食肉昆蟲(chóng)，其足向不同方向伸展。)

But even if the poaching of carnivorous plants can be halted, they will continue to suffer from other assaults.(但是，即使能夠停止對(duì)食肉植物的偷獵，它們?nèi)詫⒃馐芷渌墓簟?

Snakes are carnivorous.(蛇都是食肉動(dòng)物。)

Many carnivorous plants secrete enzymes to penetrate the hard exoskeleton of insects, so they can absorb nutrients from inside their prey.(許多食肉植物分泌酶以穿透昆蟲(chóng)堅(jiān)硬的外骨骼，以從獵物體內(nèi)吸收營(yíng)養(yǎng)。)

Other large carnivorous dinosaurs likely also engaged in cannibalistic feeding behaviors.(其他種類(lèi)的大型肉食恐龍可能也殘食同類(lèi)。)

The poor soil of bogs, for example, offers little nitrogen and phosphorus, so carnivorous plants enjoy an advantage over plants that obtain these nutrients by more conventional means.(例如，沼澤貧瘠的土壤提供的氮和磷很少，所以肉食植物比那些通過(guò)更傳統(tǒng)的方式獲得這些營(yíng)養(yǎng)的植物更有優(yōu)勢(shì)。)

The black market trade in exotic carnivorous plants is so vigorous now that botanists are keeping the location of some rare species a secret.(現(xiàn)在，外來(lái)食肉植物的黑市交易非常活躍，以至于植物學(xué)家一直對(duì)某些稀有物種的位置三緘其口。)

Unfortunately, the adaptations that enable carnivorous plants to thrive in marginal habitats also make them exquisitely sensitive.(不幸的是，使食肉植物在邊緣棲息地茁壯成長(zhǎng)的適應(yīng)性也使它們變得異常敏感。)

A pitcher plant is not ordinarily a healthy place for an ant, since these plants are carnivorous.(豬籠草一般來(lái)說(shuō)對(duì)于螞蟻來(lái)說(shuō)不是一個(gè)安全的地方，因?yàn)檫@些植物是食肉植物。)