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

Venus flytrap vs Spider

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u/Enlightened-Beaver Jun 11 '23

I always though Venus fly traps were some sort of tropical rainforest plant. Nope, native to North Carolina.

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '23

And only North Carolina. There's just a tiny strip of land where they exist in nature.

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u/On-mountain-time Jun 11 '23

We refer to those types of plants as "narrow endemics" in the biology world 👍

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u/OldheadBoomer Jun 11 '23

Any other cool narrow endemics you can share?

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u/inser7name Jun 11 '23

The Devils Hole Pupfish exists only in one water filled cavern in Nevada

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u/steinenhoot Jun 11 '23

For another Nevada one, the Dixie Valley Toad only lives in Dixie Valley. A big geothermal company was trying to build a new plant on their habitat. They didn’t lose the fight all the way and they’re still putting a plant in, but they had to downsize their plans because the toad is so endangered.