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Venus Flytrap
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The Venus Flytrap (Dionaea muscipula) is a carnivorous plant native to the wetlands of North and South Carolina, USA. Renowned for its rapid snap-traps, it captures insects using trigger-sensitive hairs and even ‘counts’ touches to avoid false alarms. Each trap operates on a hydraulic mechanism, closing in 0.1 seconds—one of the fastest movements in the plant kingdom......
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Office, E.E. (2025). Venus Flytrap. Encyclopedia. https://encyclopedia.pub/image/3636
Office, Encyclopedia Editorial. "Venus Flytrap." Encyclopedia, 2025, https://encyclopedia.pub/image/3636. Accessed 20 June, 2025.