Submitted 10 months ago by ickplant@lemmy.world to houseplants@mander.xyz
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the venus fly trap contains small hairs inside of the mouth. It requires two hairs being triggered at the same time to ‘chomp’. The chomp action is biologically expensive so the plant can’t afford to do it until a proper sized meal will get digested and it will gain net energy.
It also precludes smaller animals with strength from just walking out of the mouth.
The plant did nothing wrong this is just a silly owner!
It requires two hairs being triggered at the same time to ‘chomp’.
if you call “a few seconds” interval “at the same time”, yes
“Flytraps show an example of memory in plants; the plant knows if one of its trigger hairs have been touched, and remembers this for a few seconds. If a second touch occurs during that time frame, the flytrap closes.”
That was an amazing read, thanks. Crazy to think that the entire wild population os native to a 100km area
Having fire ants in your house seems pretty no bueno. Is this a common hazard in some places?
Speaking for us living in Alabama, cockroaches, fire ants, and scorpions are the reason most of us happily pay for pest control services.
Fire ants are not uncommon in the American south, but I don’t know if they’re especially likely to invade homes.
Yes. They are an invasive species in much of the American South (and beyond).
plant has mouth
humans put words in the plant’s mouth
Immediately I was like “how does a plant like that sting you”. I’m a bit of a slow child, although I get it now.
I still don’t. The fire ants stung him?
Yes.
You touch the hairs inside it and it closes trapping prey. But it’s not “a sting”, not even close, so I dunno what this is about
I’m not hungry!
PlasticQuality7519@reddthat.com 10 months ago
Ants have formic acid, they’re bad for venus flytraps. Dr. Chomperton must have remembered their notes from the school of medicine