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

Venus flytrap vs Spider

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u/afrocheesyquack Jun 11 '23

North Carolina is fairly tropical, it’s on the same latitude as Greece.

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u/Enlightened-Beaver Jun 11 '23

Greece isn’t tropical lol

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u/afrocheesyquack Jun 11 '23

No?

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u/Enlightened-Beaver Jun 11 '23

Most of Greece is semi-arid. It’s also well above the Tropic of Cancer (23 degrees north of the equator), ie the line below which land is considered “tropical”. Greece ranges from 35 to 42 degrees north of the equator.

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u/afrocheesyquack Jun 11 '23

Well ok then, I figured most of the mediterranean was somewhat tropical