How Venus flytraps hunt

Chapter 1

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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Master of How Venus flytraps hunt

Ch 1 · The Carolina home

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teacher Charles Darwin's obsession

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teacher Snap and Save

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teacher Arthur Dobbs' discovery

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teacher The nutrient-poor bog

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teacher Native to the Carolinas

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teacher One touch is a whisper in the Carolina breeze, But tap my trigger twice and I will snap with ease.

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teacher Arthur Dobbs' discovery

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Fun Fact

Wild flytrap range: Wild Venus flytraps live naturally only within a tiny 75-mile coastal strip in North and South Carolina.

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teacher The nutrient-poor bog

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Glossary

habitat (noun)
The natural home or environment of an animal, plant, or other organism. Wild Venus flytraps occupy a native habitat within a 75-mile radius of Wilmington, North Carolina.

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What specific type of ecosystem do Venus flytraps naturally inhabit?

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Gossip

Where would you grow a Venus flytrap?

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Which historical figure wrote the first description of the Venus flytrap in 1759?

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What did Charles Darwin call the Venus flytrap in his 1875 book?

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Where in the wild are Venus flytraps naturally native to?

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In North Carolina, what is the legal penalty for poaching wild Venus flytraps?

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Within how many miles of Wilmington, North Carolina, are wild Venus flytraps found?

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Why did Venus flytraps evolve to capture and digest insects?

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Which nutrient is most critically missing from the bogs where Venus flytraps grow?

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