Venus Fly Trap in action — OZONE Asylum, home of the Mad Scientists

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Your Text: Insert Slimies » Insert UBB Code » Close Last Tag \| All Tags UBB Help	Oh yeah, a row of Triffid sized Venus plants stationed just outside the houses of parliament would do wonders for the general well being of the country. MP's caught fiddling their expenses, favouring private companies that they "just happen" to be directors of, or sanctioning a war that need not be waged at all, could be made to run the gauntlet. Perhaps televised for the "reality" TV addicted millions of drones the same system has produced... Erm sorry, got carried away there, and found myself on that ol' soapbox again :) Actually if you have the sound on you can hear the poor little blighter buzzing away. After about half an hour when the plant realises it has caught live prey the trap closes firmly shut till it's almost flat. I've tried putting dead insects in the trap but the plant rejects these and opens up again after a day or so. This is due to the Venus plant developing a mechanism whereby the trigger hairs have to be stimulated a number of times after the trap has closed. This is to prevent it wasting valuable energy trying to digest detritus that may have fallen in. Loading...
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