Plants
Could a plant ever eat a person?
For now, humans aren’t on the menu for carnivorous plants. But what would it take for one to consume a person?
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Use mathematical and/or computational representations to support explanations of factors that affect carrying capacity of ecosystems at different scales.
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- Animals
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- Health & Medicine
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- Animals
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- Animals
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- Animals
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