Venus! Must you be so snappy?

[blueerica]

How the Venus flytrap snaps up its prey

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!