This is an experiment to see if I can embed videos. This one is from Youtube, not something I filmed or grew. It shows a Venus Flytrap eating a fly. These plants have their own kind of nerve-like responses, and grab their prey after a specific number of movements. I couldn't figure out how to embed this even cooler video from NY times, but here is a link. Scienceline describes how the plants create electrical impulses from their trigger hairs, that serve as mechanosensors, back to the mechanical energy to snap shut around their prey. The scienceline link also shows a Venus flytrap catching a small frog.
Inspired by my friend Jacob Farin at the carnivorous plant nursery, Sarracenia NW, I've started a new carnivorous plant blog "Beautiful Carnivorous Plants" also on the blogspot platform.
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