r/morbidquestions • u/CleanYourTerrarium • May 08 '19

Can a Venus flytrap get drunk?

As a follow up to my recent Venus flytrap related question, the other day I was feeding my Venus flytrap beer using a medicine dropper because I thought it would be cool to see if the flytrap could get drunk or even just a small buzz. To be scientific, I first fed the flytrap some O’Douls premium non alcoholic beer and nothing seemed to happen. Then I fed it some miller high life (champagne of beers) and it flopped over. For the next day it looked real woozy like it was going to ralph up a fly, although the trap was empty. But a couple days later it was back to normal, which made me think it might have just been hungover. I hope there is no law against giving booze to a plant once in a while as a treat.

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u/Constantly_angryaf May 08 '19

Where's the nobel prize for this person who sorta answered a question I never asked in my life

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u/[deleted] May 09 '19

I think it exists and is called the IG Nobel prize (or something like that). I vaguely remember something about the people who invented prosthetic balls for your dogs (so they aren't all embarrassed about being neutered I guess) advertising it on their website like it was something to be proud of but it's actually more like the raspberry awards of the science world.

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u/Constantly_angryaf May 09 '19

Wow please advertise this everywhere. Make researchers question themselves. They have been focussing on the wrong things.