How Does a Venus Flytrap Work? 🪰

Morning snappers!

You know Venus fly traps?

The plants with a mouth…

How do they work??

So imagine you're a fly…

Just flying about.

And suddenly…

You catch a whiff of something… super sweet!

So you go to check it out.

But there’s a problem…

Venus fly traps have these TINY sensory hairs all over their mouth.

In order to detect their prey…

Luckily for you a single touch is not enough for a snap.

Single hairs would trigger all the time from things like raindrops or wind or something.

So Venus fly traps have this super clever trick where they require 2 touches within a 20 second span.

So, all it takes is ONE more…

And you’ve been caught…

But that's not the end of the story.

See Venus fly traps naturally live in swamps with soil with like NO nutrients.

Meaning they gotta get nutrients from elsewhere…

In this case, those nutrients are you!

So the plant produces a bunch of acidy chemicals…

That starts breaking you down…

Slowly but surely…

Turning you into a delicious and nutrient rich fly soup!

Stay Cute,
Reece, Henry & Dylan 🌈

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