Plants Are a Big Problem in the Central Valley of California

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In the gold rush 18 fifties, there were four million acres of bogs and wet lands in california. The venus fly trap is endemic to a really small area of north and south carolina but only three % of its natural habitat remains. We've gotte rid of all these l wetland environments. For these plants have to live like this. Ben signiica stte degreded the amount of wetlin habitoes that he wouldt normal farm his plants in has been reduced byli 85%. World wide, 85% of habitat is gone.

Flesh hungry plants. The world’s fastest hunters. Botany with brains? Seymour, it’s time to feed because we’re doing meat-eating plants with conservation ecologist and carnivorous phytobiologist, Hali’a Eastburn. Can a Venus Fly Trap digest human flesh? Do frogs think of pitcher plants as home or hell? How fast is a bladderwort? Are scientists anesthetizing plants? Why exactly DID they name a fly trap after the goddess of love? Also: homicidal plant tattoos, nature’s grossest vending machines, and what plants are most goth with a pair of real #bogbitches.

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Donations were made to North American Sarracenia Conservancy and Kauluakalana