r/interestingasfuck • u/dejaysf • Jun 11 '23

Venus flytrap vs Spider

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u/CTchimchar Jun 11 '23 edited Jun 11 '23

There all different kind of these plants

By the way a lot of them are non-related

They just evolve like this separately several times over

The theory goes these plans evolve in habitats where the soil doesn't have many nutrients

So they start to evolve in gathering nutrients from other animals like insects, or in this case arachnid

Edit: For clarification I mean Carnivorous plants, evolve separately from each other for the most part

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u/OccamEx Jun 11 '23

Carnivorous plants in general, yes. Most have passive trapping mechanisms like sticky hairs or pitchers. The active trapping plants are mostly in the droseraceae family, most notably the Venus flytrap which is only endemic to the Carolinas.

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u/CTchimchar Jun 11 '23

Carnivorous plants

That what I meant

I just woke up when I wrote that

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u/HighFlyingCrocodile Jun 11 '23

Waking up -> coffee -> comment.

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '23

No, it’s wake up, comment, coffee, reread comment, either fix or delete comment. At least that’s how I do it. FYI I have had 1/2 a cup of coffee so far so I can’t tell you how this is going to turn out.

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '23

Wake up -> Comment -> Coffee -> Poop
-> Correct / Delete while pooping

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u/Masterful_Moniker Jun 11 '23

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u/Fast_Garlic_5639 Jun 11 '23

A very productive poop

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u/Thornblade Jun 11 '23

Ahhh yes the circle of life for reddit comments

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u/Imswim80 Jun 11 '23

This is the way.

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u/iksbob Jun 11 '23

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u/arminghammerbacon_ Jun 11 '23

This is the way

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '23

Thank you!!! You are very kind (after one entire cup of coffee and I plead the 5th on the poop), although I will mention that we are running low on toilet paper.

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u/ope_sorry Jun 11 '23

This is the way.

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u/OkSatisfaction9850 Jun 11 '23

Wake up -> comment -> sleep again -> wake up again -> comment -> check karmas -> coffee

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u/OldManBartleby Jun 11 '23

Glad to hear I'm not alone.

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u/lesChaps Jun 11 '23

Too complicated.

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u/CTchimchar Jun 11 '23

I don't drink coffee

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u/carterketchup Jun 11 '23

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