By comparing the DNA of carnivorous plants with other species, scientists have found that they evolved independently on at least six separate occasions.(通过比较食肉植物和其他物种的DNA，科学家发现它们至少在6个不同的时期独立进化。)
These are large, carnivorous, cricket-like insects whose feet splay out wildly in different directions.(它们是一些大型，蟋蟀状食肉昆虫，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，即使能够停止对食肉植物的偷猎，它们仍将遭受其它的攻击。)
Snakes are carnivorous.(蛇都是食肉动物。)
Many carnivorous plants secrete enzymes to penetrate the hard exoskeleton of insects, so they can absorb nutrients from inside their prey.(许多食肉植物分泌酶以穿透昆虫坚硬的外骨骼，以从猎物体内吸收营养。)
Other large carnivorous dinosaurs likely also engaged in cannibalistic feeding behaviors.(其他种类的大型肉食恐龙可能也残食同类。)
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，沼泽贫瘠的土壤提供的氮和磷很少，所以肉食植物比那些通过更传统的方式获得这些营养的植物更有优势。)
The black market trade in exotic carnivorous plants is so vigorous now that botanists are keeping the location of some rare species a secret.(现在，外来食肉植物的黑市交易非常活跃，以至于植物学家一直对某些稀有物种的位置三缄其口。)
Unfortunately, the adaptations that enable carnivorous plants to thrive in marginal habitats also make them exquisitely sensitive.(不幸的是，使食肉植物在边缘栖息地茁壮成长的适应性也使它们变得异常敏感。)
A pitcher plant is not ordinarily a healthy place for an ant, since these plants are carnivorous.(猪笼草一般来说对于蚂蚁来说不是一个安全的地方，因为这些植物是食肉植物。)
