What is the botanic equivalent of the digestive system
As part of a series on plant animals, plantimals if you will, I am now asking about the digestive system, that is the mouth, stomach and intestines. All known animal life has some kind of digestive system, but what would a mobile plant's look like?
How would a plantimals digestive system work? What would it look like? How could it come in being?
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It could be similar to the existing carnivorous plants that we already have on our planet.
This way the plantimal could try to lure its food into its mouth and then slowly digest it. All you need is a pouch of some kind a and enzymes which can be produced via symbiotic bacteria or directly by the plant.
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