The Insane Biology of: The Venus Flytrap

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• MC

  @McAppleWar · 4 years ago

  Normal plants: I live in harmony with animals and sometimes even cooperate with them.<br><br>Venus fly trap: PEACE WAS NEVER AN OPTION

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• ZY

  @zyansheep · 4 years ago

  Woh I can&apos;t wait to learn about the biology of venus fly traps so I can genetically engineer my own carnivorous plants

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• CO

  @CountCocofang · 4 years ago

  The part about the mutated DNA is insane. During the process of evolution, some of these plants basically repurposed and readjusted their basic plant tool-kit for a drastically different purpose. The fundamental working remains similar, clearly establishing a link to the original version, yet the execution and result are completely new.

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• GE

  @geoffrygifari3377 · 4 years ago

  Nature now: meat-eating plants<br>Nature 1.000.000 years in the future: <b>photosynthetic humans</b>

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• JA

  @jamesblake7338 · 4 years ago

  I live in the Venus flytraps range in North Carolina. I’ve been able to play with them in my whole life . Unfortunately the Carolina bay near my house they lived in was filled in and a Walmart was built there. Habitat loss is a real danger to our wild Venus flytraps. Just thought I’d share that

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• JA

  @javiernicolasbustamantecor9382 · 4 years ago

  What I find most interesting of all of this is how the underlying mechanisms for carnivory are rooted-pun intended-in the genomes of many plants, since they&apos;re usually used for defense against pathogens and herbivorous insects. With how common knowledge carnivorous plants are, it really surprises me that they aren&apos;t used as examples of how evolution works with what it has. Also, makes one realise how plants are very much alive and &quot;aware&quot; of the world surrounding them

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• GE

  @geoffrygifari3377 · 4 years ago

  carnivorous plants:<br><br>1. have <b>chemical timer</b><br>2. have a control system to know when to close the trap (similar to nerves?)<br>3. can <b>move</b> the traps (like muscle! how do they do this?)<br>4. can digest and absorb small animals (while not digesting their own tissue!)<br><br>damn...

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• GA

  @GARBO96 · 4 years ago

  Imagine if 7000 years from now there are massive redwood trees that disguise themselves as Huts so they can kill humans.

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• WE

  @webbess1 · 4 years ago

  It&apos;s nice to be a large mammal. &nbsp;Imagine having to fear plants.

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• GE

  @geoffrygifari3377 · 4 years ago

  being a 19th century naturalist: <b>feeding cheese to plants</b>

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• WH

  @WHiT3_SHAD0W · 4 years ago

  Never realized the fly traps were native to the Carolinas, I always thought they were a &quot;tropical&quot; plant and were from far away places.

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• JA

  @JackRackam · 4 years ago

  Now how long until they turn into crabs?

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