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- unloud, on 10/12/2007, -1/+28That's it. I'm going to be writing PETA about these immoral so-called Venus-Flytraps that kill animals without hesitation or remorse. This has GOT to stop!
- Feanor, on 10/12/2007, -4/+20@PatrickFisher - Wait, so insects are no longer part of the Animal Kingdom?
- NoMercyGTP, on 10/12/2007, -1/+14True they eat insects...but I had a venus fly trap as a kid. I fed it insects and hamburger meat. it was my way of sticking it to the cow.
- Pattyo13, on 05/14/2009, -1/+11not quite revealed. more like they know how they close so quickly. it is still unknown/unproven WHY they close, or HOW they "know" when to close
- Triplbogey, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7one in action...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUWQFF0RJN4 - raydar, on 10/12/2007, -3/+10I'm going to show my age, but I thought he was talking about WKRP
- Loftonian, on 10/12/2007, -4/+9Now if we can just get to the bottom of the "Little Shop of Horrors" plant mystery!
FeeeEEEeeeed me! - krakelohm, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5NoMercyGTP... that was the best comment of the day.
- mbrutsch, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3Oh, SNAP!
- richIsBored, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3That's not really true. We know why.
They have three hairlike structures in the "mouth" that act as triggers. - howski, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I believe that was the Venus Butterfly.
- Gr8Pumpkin, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2as soon as a got done reading the article I was a bit disappointed that it didn't include a video, so I went back to the comments page to see if one of my fellow diggers linked one and what do you know ^ thanks "Triplbogey"
- ia2ca, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3I did as well - my first thought was "I didn't realize he had a habit to kick!"
- wmarcello, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Can wind or rain trigger these hairlike structures? If not, then there's definitely more a lot more explaining to do.
- 022A, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3"The question of what initiates the snap buckling remains unanswered. It starts when stiff hairs on the leaves’ edges are touched."
Call me a liar but I've thought this was obvious since seeing one in action roughly 20 years ago when I wasn't even 10 years old. The initiator is what I was hoping to see revealed. - theRIAA, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1look at the picture...
Credit: Nature - mitchellchris, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1thats pretty cool, i never knew that plants and such did not have muscles and had to flip their shape inside out like that.
- adraft, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2"The question of what initiates the snap buckling remains unanswered. It starts when stiff hairs on the leaves’ edges are touched."
This may be just me, but the second sentence partially answered the first. Who the hell thought that made sense? - mutatron, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I figure it goes something like this: touching the trigger hair starts a chemical reaction that ripples through the cells on the inside of the leaf, releasing the hydrodynamic tension which keeps it open.
- tablatronix, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I always assumed that was how they worked.
Article was kinda lame in that it could have been summed up with "You know those popper things you used to get in quarter machines that you turn inside out and pop, or a bent snapple cap, yeah thats how it works, nevermind the structure of the actual materials or cells." - miroze, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Here's a still image video showing the varieties of carnivorous plants.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmhWXym19LQ
Talk about a fly graveyard.. - Bagwhat, on 10/12/2007, -6/+6except that insects are part of the kingdom animalia, so technically they are animals. a stretch, yes, but the author is right.
- mikemac, on 10/12/2007, -3/+3The mighty Noodly Appendages of the Flying Spaghetti Monster shut the flytrap. Now let's never speak of this again, lest He Who Must Not Be Eaten grow wrathful.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Actually, this stuff about changing curvature has been known for years. And the mechanism is supposed to involve changes in osmotic pressure in cells on certain regions of the leaf, causing the sizes of these cells to change, which ultimately causes the curvature of the leaf to change.
So no, this isn't really new... - flytraplover, on 11/21/2008, -0/+0I had to go buy a venus fly trap to observe this. I got one at http://www.mycarnivore.com and it is pretty fun to watch. Venus flytraps are quite amazing actually.
- kidendless, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0"Digestion takes five to 12 days, after which the trap reopens. The insect’s exoskeleton blows away in the wind or is washed away by rain."
yikes! not only do these insects suffer the indignation of being offed by a plant, they have to sit and think about it for a week...brutality, thy name is venus! - xamez, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Wouldn't the insect die before that ahppens?
- fpcyber, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I love how the little diagram credits nature.
"A leaf closes in 0.04 seconds. Colors indicate changing curvature.
Credit: Nature" - Kent767, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0That part is quite interesting, apparently it requires a combination of different things to happen on the trigger hairs, either 1 hair must be touched more than once in 20 seconds, or 2 or more hairs must be touched. After this, the plant will not fully close and begin digestion until it is triggered again (in the case that it closes but has not caught anything). Once it has partially closed and has been triggered again, it will fullyclose and begin digestion.
http://www.carnivorous-plants.co.uk/dionaea/triggerhairs.asp - crzychicken12, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0not really too new, i found out this in a science article last year
- skoopie, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1Yeah, I thought Venus was going to teach us some speed seduction techniques.
- TDot1980, on 10/12/2007, -3/+2OK, you're a liar. Happy?
- ThrasherC, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1LOL
- mutatron, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1This story was lame when it came out 18 months ago http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2005/01/26/Venus-flytrap050126.html.
All you have to do is look at the leaf to know how it works, it's hardly been a secret. - blackwinged, on 10/12/2007, -2/+0Not really new or sensational, I saw this on a german TV show some weeks ago.
Butt I´ll play Swiss and neither digg nor bury. - Gr8Pumpkin, on 10/12/2007, -9/+1I was a bit disappointed the the article didn't have a video so I came back to the comments page to see if one of my fellow diggers linked one. Thanks Triplbogey
- PatrickFisher, on 10/12/2007, -32/+8I thought it was a nice article too. Then I read this line:
"Besides, as a vegetarian, it is nice to think about plants that eat animals rather than the other way around!":
The venus fly trap only eats insects. There are some Nepenthes that can eat sick rats and birds, but they are certainly not related to his studying.
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