7 unbelievable facts about a creepy carnivorous plant

12/13/2017

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Science Story: 7 unbelievable facts about a creepy carnivorous plant

Most plants feed on sunshine and water, but there are ones who don't mind to consume some flesh. Don't be afraid - they are too small to eat a person or a pet.

You could have one of those flesh eating plants at home. Here is the most interesting info about one of the carnivorous plants - the Venus flytrap.

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He assumed the Venus flytrap to be the most interesting plant in the whole world. He loved the species so much that even dedicated one of his books to the plant's "menu" and "tastes".

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Most of other carnivorous plants use the same strategy to catch food.

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Those are triggers. If an insects touches two or more hairs the trap shuts immediately. However, if it touches only one hair, the trigger may not work. The reason is that the plant needs energy for shutting the trap - it would be a pity if it shut every time a raindrop touched the triggers. Raindrops can hardly touch more than one hair at intervals of not more than 20 seconds.

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The scientists worked really hard to get this color. Such Venus flytraps usually grow in the greenhouses.

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The Venus flytrap checks if the victim can satisfy its hunger. For this purpose, the Venus flytrap shuts the sections not very tightly first so that the smallest insects can escape. If there is something left thereafter the jaws shut tightly and digest the victim.

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One trap of the Venus flytrap digests the insect approximately for 5-12 days. The duration of the digestion depends upon the age of the trap and the environment.

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You shall not feed it with meat or pour with municipal water. Use rainwater, distilled water and insects instead.

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25 Comments

Paulette Arnold

namiphi, you Might be interested in watching the movie, "Little House of Horrors." I think that is the correct title. I first saw it as a musical play. Enjoyed it.

Paulette Arnold

namiphi, that's mother nature. There are multitudes of creatures that consume, live off of other creatures. Including us humans.

Paulette Arnold

One of my grandsons has one of these and several other bog plants. It amazes me that he is interested in plants. I am proud of him and his interests.

snowballs

Just to get off the flytrap fora second , a friend of mine had a Piranha fish that he would feed Hamburg and steak raw chicken and he said a mouse once in awhile but I wasn’t up for that one 🫣

namiphi

I think I would like to have a venus fly trap. I've always heard alot about them and fascinated by them, however, I wouldn't want to see it consumed creatures.

malsflisk

scottlarock, I forget about that.

ninakamwene

Beauty that kills, wow! Thank you for the education.

Johnny Gio

I TRY TO KEEP MY TRAP SHUT..

Renee Ring Seklecki

Maybe domestic ones died because owners did not give them rain water! Did not know that was necessary!

scottlarock

The "Addams Family" tv show had a huge meat eater...and she fed it hamburger...

Jaime Weileder

I had one at one point. They are great for the fly population. Unfortunately, lady bugs would get in there and it couldn't digest the shells and it slowly died off. Maybe I was doing something wrong. It was very sad.