Chapter 1
The math-loving monster
Chapter 2
The Carolina homebody
Chapter 3
Keeping love and lunch separate
Chapter 4
The dirty-minded botanists
Chapter 5
The underground botanical heist
YOUR GOAL
Master of Inside the secret jaws of the Venus flytrap
Ch 5 · The underground botanical heist
alicecooks Venus Flytrap Poaching
They tag the wild flytraps with invisible ink, To catch the plant poachers in a blacklight blink.
alicecooks Without the enzymes needed to digest complex mammal proteins and fats, human food causes these traps to turn
alicecooks Thieves snatch Venus flytraps from the Stanley Rehder Carnivorous Plant Garden at night.
Fun Fact
Felony flora: Stealing a single wild Venus flytrap in North Carolina is a felony that can land you in prison for two years.
Glossary
poaching (noun)
The illegal taking, harvesting, or hunting of wild plants or animals from protected areas. In January 2015, thieves poached 970 wild Venus flytraps from North Carolina game lands.
The illegal taking, harvesting, or hunting of wild plants or animals from protected areas. In January 2015, thieves poached 970 wild Venus flytraps from North Carolina game lands.
Quiz
From which Wilmington garden were over 1,000 flytraps stolen in a famous 2013 heist?
Quiz
What is the maximum prison sentence a flytrap poacher can face in North Carolina?
Quiz
What class of felony is the illegal taking of a Venus flytrap in North Carolina?