mdeanstrauss: Jaws of Doom…Venus Flytraps in coastal North Carolina, the ONLY place they grow in the
mdeanstrauss: Jaws of Doom…Venus Flytraps in coastal North Carolina, the ONLY place they grow in the wild on our planet Earth… the clam-shell leaves will close on a small insect or spider, suck the life fluids out of its prey and then open to discard the remains…If you look closely you can see the small trigger hairs in the clamp area… an insect or spider must trip two of the hairs before the clamps will close… this redundancy prevents false closure which is a waste of the plant’s energy… -- source link