What's Inside A Venus Flytrap?

Venus flytraps rarely catch flies, despite their name — instead, spiders and ants make up most of their diet. When a victim walk by and brushes against a trigger hair on the inside of the trap’s modified leaves, it sets off an electrical signal. If the bug doesn’t escape within 20 to 30 seconds, the trap slams shut faster than you can blink!

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What's Inside A Venus Flytrap?

[coin]

"closes 4x faster than you can blink"
Plant: *speed of someone politely closing a door*

[quota]

“About 4 times faster than you can blink!”

*Blinks while it’s closing and it’s still closing*

[kingbadmovie]

"Faster than you can blink." I feel so sorry for your eyes.

[SkiesTurnedGrey]

This makes me want to plant a few hundred carnivorous plants around my house. Never finding bugs inside my home sounds like a dream.

[notachinesespypleasebeliev]

“The Carolinas have one vicious vegetable.”


*Zooms onto Georgia*

[duchi]

*Small Animals:* _* wanders into the trap *_

*Venus Flytrap:* _Say sike right now_

[emorydaniel]

Edgar Allen Poe: The most terrifying way to die is being buried alive

Spider caught in a Venus Flytrap: Dude, tell me about it...

[layna-heyhey]

"Digestive Juices" "Nutrient rich slushy" stands out the most for me.

[hiraeth]

i just got my fly trap yesterday and i love her. shes a queen and she caught her first bug today. a proud mum

[ElfBroYaHa]

Too bad these don't attract mosquitoes otherwise I'd turn my room into a forest

[williamb]

"Im tired of drinking water THATS ALL WE DO is drink water! I wanna EAT I want FOOOD MEEAAAT!!!"~Venus flytrap

[dadipedia]

“Only leaving the exoskeleton.”

Wow they really wanna see the scooping room

[pyro]

Me: Teacher, my venus ate my homework

[chrisp.]

"4 times faster then you can blink"

**Shows the slowest venus trap**

[next]

Youtube randomly started suggesting me videos of bugs being eaten by venus flytraps, so obviously this was the next in line.

[rnelody]

I saw these in a botanical garden I went to with a friend. The thing that surprised me the most is that they're actually really small. I've only ever seen closeup shots of them, and whenever they're portrayed in fiction they're shown to be HUGE, so I always thought they'd have to be at least the size of my hand. But no, one flytrap is smaller than my pinkie finger.

[ErolGelbul]

I better sleep early today...


3AM: What's Inside A Venus Flytrap?

[ViraL_FootprinT.ex.e]

Been *OBSESSED* with carnivorous plants since I was a kid in NC where my elementary school had a nature trail with Venus fly traps and pitcher plants. Just thought it was the coolest thing.

[Maneplix]

How would vegans react when they find out that plants eat meat?

[MrMan-ysjq]

They are 4x faster than a blink of an eye
Me: *blinks* Me still seeing it close
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