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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish6•4 months agoIt started as a flowering plant. As it got some early carnivorous genes, if it killed the pollinators it would not reproduce. It slowly turned into the terrifying plant we know and love.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish4•4 months agoBefore it got jaws it was a glue trap. Venus flytraps are an evolutionary offshoot of Drosera, the sundews.
It started as a flowering plant. As it got some early carnivorous genes, if it killed the pollinators it would not reproduce.
It slowly turned into the terrifying plant we know and love.
Before it got jaws it was a glue trap. Venus flytraps are an evolutionary offshoot of Drosera, the sundews.