4 DEADLY Carnivorous Plants

Here are four ingenious ways carnivorous plants catch their prey.
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Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences (2011) Ultra-fast underwater suction traps.
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Current Biology (2016) The Venus Flytrap Dionaea muscipula Counts Prey-Induced Action Potentials to Induce Sodium Uptake
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Scienceline: How Does a Venus Flytrap Work?
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International Carnivorous Plant Society
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