Venus! Must you be so snappy?

blueerica · 01-27-2005, 03:29 PM

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PARIS (AFP) - American and French scientists believed they have explained how one of nature's marvels, the Venus flytrap, snaps shut to snare its victims.

The plant -- described by Charles Darwin as "one of the most wonderful in the world" -- is able to enclose a fly within its clamshell-shaped leaves in just 100 milliseconds, faster than the eye can blink.

I've always been fascinated by this plant... It's amazing how nature creates a function for the need!

Angie · 01-27-2005, 04:36 PM

I can't wait for my kids to grow older so I can get one of these marvels. I know I'll hate it once I own it awhile, but just to sit and watch it... Now to think of a name for it...

Yeah, I know, I'm weird. What else is new?

Gemini Cricket · 01-27-2005, 04:50 PM

I have a friend who grows all sorts of carnivorous plants. Venus flytraps are awesome. But kind hard to grow...

Eliza Hodgkins 1812 · 01-27-2005, 05:02 PM

Very cool. I, too, love these snappy devils.

MerryPrankster · 01-27-2005, 05:43 PM

I love anything that kills a fly -- my vacuum cleaner, a fly swatter, the dog next door. But, alas, the the most amazing of all -- the Venus fly trap! It's a beautiful, beautiful thing.

€uroMeinke · 01-27-2005, 05:55 PM

Hmm this morning on NPR they did this feature on the Venus Fly Trap - must be it's day today

Angie · 01-27-2005, 07:29 PM

Well, you know what they say...

Every Trap Has It's Day.

01-27-2005, 04:36 PM	#2
Angie Adorkable Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Where Soul Meets Body Posts: 26	I can't wait for my kids to grow older so I can get one of these marvels. I know I'll hate it once I own it awhile, but just to sit and watch it... Now to think of a name for it... Yeah, I know, I'm weird. What else is new? __________________ STILL out looking for Arte Moreno's head... Where the heck could it be?!
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Gemini Cricket ... Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 13,244	I have a friend who grows all sorts of carnivorous plants. Venus flytraps are awesome. But kind hard to grow...
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Eliza Hodgkins 1812 Sputnik Sweetheart Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Long Beach Posts: 2,685	Very cool. I, too, love these snappy devils.
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MerryPrankster Swanky Panky! Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Hell's Kitchen Posts: 541	I love anything that kills a fly -- my vacuum cleaner, a fly swatter, the dog next door. But, alas, the the most amazing of all -- the Venus fly trap! It's a beautiful, beautiful thing. __________________ My advice to the women of America is to raise more hell and fewer dahlias. ~~ William Allen White
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€uroMeinke L'Hédoniste Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: A.S.C.O.T. Posts: 8,671	Hmm this morning on NPR they did this feature on the Venus Fly Trap - must be it's day today __________________ I would believe only in a God that knows how to Dance. Friedrich Nietzsche
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Angie Adorkable Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Where Soul Meets Body Posts: 26	Well, you know what they say... Every Trap Has It's Day. __________________ STILL out looking for Arte Moreno's head... Where the heck could it be?!
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