The Death of the Plants

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Most carnivorous plants will set their flowers really, really far away from their traps. They offset the timin of when they put their flowers on, in when they open ou their traps. A lot of pitcher plants, a lot of partiverous plants, have a down season. And that's what they spend the rest of the season doing, is just filling up on food. But yes, let bog death plants be your inspiration. You deserve a snack and a break.

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