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Venus flytrap
Dionaea muscipula, also known as Venus flytraps, have adapted to boggy areas of nutrient poor soil. Venus flytrap’s are carnivorous plants that use hairs on the surface of its leaves, which act as triggers, to spring a trap for their prey. The prey’s struggle only stimulates the trap tighter. Once a prey is trapped, digestive acids then form from glands on the leaf, and the prey is dissolved. The Dionaea muscipula is found in the swamps of the Carolina’s and requires a dormant period of 30-40 degrees, as the Carolina’s would provide around the winter season.
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