What's Inside A Venus Flytrap?

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Published 2019-09-27

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?

All Comments (21)

@kingbadmovie 3 years ago

"Faster than you can blink." I feel so sorry for your eyes.
@quota3734 3 years ago

“About 4 times faster than you can blink!” Blinks while it’s closing and it’s still closing
@coin5207 3 years ago

"closes 4x faster than you can blink" Plant: speed of someone politely closing a door
@SkiesTurnedGrey 3 years ago

This makes me want to plant a few hundred carnivorous plants around my house. Never finding bugs inside my home sounds like a dream.
@ElfBroYaHa 4 years ago

Too bad these don't attract mosquitoes otherwise I'd turn my room into a forest
@notachinesespypleasebeliev8954 4 years ago

“The Carolinas have one vicious vegetable.” Zooms onto Georgia
@emorydaniel9084 3 years ago

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 3 years ago

"Digestive Juices" "Nutrient rich slushy" stands out the most for me.
@hiraeth1768 4 years ago

i just got my fly trap yesterday and i love her. shes a queen and she caught her first bug today. a proud mum
@duchi882 4 years ago

Small Animals: * wanders into the trap * Venus Flytrap: Say sike right now
@williamb1744 3 years ago

"Im tired of drinking water THATS ALL WE DO is drink water! I wanna EAT I want FOOOD MEEAAAT!!!"~Venus flytrap
@dadipedia948 3 years ago

“Only leaving the exoskeleton.” Wow they really wanna see the scooping room
@pyro4894 4 years ago

Me: Teacher, my venus ate my homework
@chrisp.9385 4 years ago

"4 times faster then you can blink" *Shows the slowest venus trap*
@next4994 3 years ago

Youtube randomly started suggesting me videos of bugs being eaten by venus flytraps, so obviously this was the next in line.
@kisterdrums 3 years ago

Damn, Nature is cool af.
@acceled 4 years ago

"only 5 percent of their diet is flies.." Are the rest of their diet supposed to be people who are desperate to end their fingers life?
@MrMan-ys2jq 4 years ago

They are 4x faster than a blink of an eye Me: blinks Me still seeing it close 🤨🤨🤔🤔
@rnelody5496 1 year ago

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.
@petteroakley8000 3 years ago

I've always been very curious to know what's inside a flytrap.