Venus Flytrap: Nature’s Snap Trap | NatureBinge

Added: 2026-05-26

[00:00:00]Meet the Venus fly trap, a carnivorous plant native to the Carolinas.

[00:00:05]It grows in sunny, nutrient-poor wetlands, so it survives by catching insects. When prey touches its trigger hairs twice, the trap snaps shut.

[00:00:16]Digestive glands break the insect down for nutrients.

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