Are salamanders an important feeding source for pitcher plants?

蝾螈是猪笼草的重要食物来源吗？

That's right, plants that eat stuff, like venus fly traps, pitcher plants.

没错，吃东西的植物，例如捕蝇草，猪笼草。

A pitcher plant's leaves usually form a tall, narrow pocket that can hold liquid.

猪笼草的叶子通常会形成一个又长又窄的" 口袋" ，里面可以储存液体。

Meat-eating pitcher plants have been known since the eighteenth century, the University of Guelph says.

圭尔夫大学表示，食肉猪笼草早在18世纪就为人所知。

They could have died from proteins produced by the pitcher plants that are held in liquid inside the leaves.

导致蝾螈死亡的可能是猪笼草叶子内的液体所分泌的蛋白质。

The researchers say pitcher plants clearly get a lot more nutrients from salamanders than from insects and spiders.

研究人员表示，相比于昆虫和蜘蛛，猪笼草显然能从食用蝾螈中获得更多养分。

The pitcher plant is shaped like a vase - insects go inside and then cannot crawl up the slippery insides.

猪笼草的形状像一个花瓶——昆虫进入到里边，在光滑瓶身内无法向上爬行。

Pitcher plant mosquitoes have rapidly evolved to take advantage of the warmer temperatures, entering dormancy later and later in the year.

猪笼草蚊快速地进化它们越来越晚的进入冬眠，以利用更加温暖的天气。

Insects and spiders that enter the pocket often become trapped and the pitcher plant then feeds on their bodies.

进入这一" 口袋" 的昆虫和蜘蛛会被困在里面，然后猪笼草会吃掉它们的尸体。

Pitfall traps are the standard passive trap used  by things like pitcher plants and bromeliads.

陷阱是猪笼草和凤梨科动物使用的标准被动陷阱。