Carnivorous plants
Creatures theme
Includes plants that trap and digest animals.
74
games
34platforms
Alternate names: Insectivorous plants, Man-eating plants
8801 1985-11
3DS 2011-06-16
DOS 1990
WIN 2011-12
MAC 1990
MSX 1986
PECD 1993-01-14
OCS 1992
WIN 2009-09-22
SX1 1985
N64 1998-11-23
SNES 1995-09-18
Real plants don't meet the strict carnivorous definition since their energy is light derived. But some get nutrients by trapping & digesting animals
Regardless if real plants meet the definition or not, any plant that regularly derives nutrients from an mechanism it creates to catch living animals, will be called a carnivorous for the purposes of UVL. Perhaps true plant carnivores could be called predatory plants. Even thought carnivorous plants are designed optimally to lure and trap insects, they will digest anything that otherwise is snared. For some plants this includes the occasional amphibian, fish, bird, and tiny mammal. Fictional plants are typically able to snare the protagonist regardless of a lack of an insectoid nature.
Regardless if real plants meet the definition or not, any plant that regularly derives nutrients from an mechanism it creates to catch living animals, will be called a carnivorous for the purposes of UVL. Perhaps true plant carnivores could be called predatory plants. Even thought carnivorous plants are designed optimally to lure and trap insects, they will digest anything that otherwise is snared. For some plants this includes the occasional amphibian, fish, bird, and tiny mammal. Fictional plants are typically able to snare the protagonist regardless of a lack of an insectoid nature.
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Games by year
The first Carnivorous plants video game was released in 1984.