{"id":365062,"date":"2026-06-13T16:54:17","date_gmt":"2026-06-13T11:24:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=365062"},"modified":"2026-06-13T16:54:17","modified_gmt":"2026-06-13T11:24:17","slug":"venus-flytrap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/venus-flytrap\/","title":{"rendered":"Venus flytrap"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"content-box-green\">\n<p><b>News:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Scientists have now found the physical mechanism \u200cbehind the snapping action of the Venus flytrap.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"red-h2-box\"><b>About Venus flytrap<\/b><\/h2>\n<figure style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cdn.britannica.com\/70\/174670-050-4E88819D\/fly-Venus.jpg?resize=400%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Venus flytrap\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: Britannica<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Venus flytrap is a <\/span><b>small carnivorous \u200bplant <\/b>of the <b>sundew\u00a0family (Droseraceae).<\/b><\/li>\n<li><strong>Scientific name:<\/strong> Its scientific name is <b>Dionaea muscipula.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Native to:<\/strong> It is <b>native to a limited region <\/b>of North Carolina and South Carolina<strong> in U.S.A.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It <\/span><b>grows in nutrient-poor environments<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <strong>supplements its nutrition by capturing \u200band digesting insects <\/strong>using<em>\u00a0<\/em><strong>snap trap mechanism.<em>\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>How the snapping mechanism works: <\/b>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The plant <\/span><b>uses specialised trigger hairs located on the inner surface of the trap.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When an insect touches <strong>these hairs twice within a short period of time, the trap closes.<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Closure can occur in as little <strong>as one-tenth of a second.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When<strong> the trap snaps shut, the insect is sealed inside for digestion.<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After<strong> the plant absorbs the nutrient-rich liquid produced by the digestive processes, the trap \u200breopens,<\/strong> with the insect\u2019s empty exoskeleton left behind.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Findings of the new study<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The researchers found that<\/span><b> the trap closes because the cell walls on the outer surface of the trap suddenly become softer and more flexible (about 30\u201340% softer).<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The trap is <\/span><b>already under tension, like a compressed spring.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When an<\/span><b> insect touches the trigger hairs twice, the cell walls soften, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">releasing the stored tension and causing the trap to snap shut in as little as 0.1 seconds.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: Scientists have now found the physical mechanism \u200cbehind the snapping action of the Venus flytrap.\u00a0 About Venus flytrap The Venus flytrap is a small carnivorous \u200bplant of the sundew\u00a0family (Droseraceae). Scientific name: Its scientific name is Dionaea muscipula. 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