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How Venus flytraps hunt

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The Carolina home

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Chapter 2

The trigger mechanism

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Chapter 3

The snap and digest

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Chapter 4

Global meat-eating cousins

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Ch 4 · Global meat-eating cousins
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artiteacher The underwater bladderwort

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artiteacher Pitcher plants of Asia

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Snap-Alikes

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artiteacher Corkscrew plants of Africa

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artiteacher Sundews and sticky glue

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artiteacher Global meat-eating cousins

Tap me once and I'll wait, tap me twice to make me snap, we gotta count to five to start the feast!

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The underwater bladderwort

artiteacher The underwater bladderwort

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Fun Fact

Fastest plant trap: The aquatic bladderwort can vacuum up prey in less than a millisecond, making it the fastest plant on Earth.

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Pitcher plants of Asia

artiteacher Pitcher plants of Asia

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Glossary
sundew (noun)
A carnivorous plant of the genus Drosera that traps insects with sticky secretions produced by glandular hairs on its leaves. These flytrap relatives thrive across every continent except Antarctica, trapping insects with glistening, adhesive tentacles.

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Quiz

What scientific term describes how unrelated plants evolved carnivory independently?

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Gossip

Which carnivorous plant looks coolest?

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Quiz

How do bladderwort plants (Utricularia) capture prey underwater?

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Quiz

Which carnivorous plant mechanism is known as a 'flypaper' trap?

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Quiz

What do corkscrew plants (Genlisea) trap with their underground leaves?

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How do sundew plants (Drosera) capture their insect prey?

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Quiz

Which of these carnivorous plant traps is the fastest moving?

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Quiz

Where are Nepenthes pitcher plants primarily native to?

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Quiz

What makes the inside of a pitcher plant trap impossible to climb out of?

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