Heat sensor protects the Venus flytrap from fire

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Aug 22, 2023, 3:00 pm185 ptsTrending
The Venus flytrap can survive in the nutrient-poor swamps of North and South Carolina because it compensates for the lack of nitrogen, phosphate and minerals by catching and eating insects. It hunts with snap traps that have sensory hairs on them. If an insect touches these hairs two times, the traps shut and…

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