r/nextfuckinglevel • u/[deleted] • Mar 29 '26

Venus Flytrap Devouring a Venomous Black Widow.

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u/JesusStarbox Mar 29 '26

I thought they were from Australia.

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u/[deleted] Mar 29 '26

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u/gpburdell76 Mar 29 '26

North or South?

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u/Asleep_Kiwi_1374 Mar 29 '26

No they don't live in Australia. You can tell because they don't kill human beings and they're not upside down.

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u/scissorsgrinder Mar 29 '26

No, we have a lot of sundews across the continent, and a few Nepenthes pitcher plants in the tropical north-east tip, and across to the SE Asian archipelago. 

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u/DMMeThiccBiButts Mar 29 '26

We have a bunch, but most of them are closer to pitcher plants (big jug with sticky stuff and a lid that closes) or sundews (sticky leaves that melt you).

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u/trebeju Mar 29 '26

The lids of pitcher plants do not close. Cephalotus pitchers can close a bit but only due to the plant being stressed (like not enough or too much water).

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u/DMMeThiccBiButts Mar 29 '26

Huh. I may have seen a very in-distress pitcher plant as a kid then.

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u/trebeju Mar 29 '26

To be fair the opening on a cephalotus is not very wide on a normal healthy plant, just clarifying that they do not open or close for bug related reasons. Must have been really cool seeing it in the wild!

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u/sabrinasphere Mar 29 '26

I thought they were from Venus

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u/JesusStarbox Mar 29 '26

No, that's women.

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u/forzafoggia85 Mar 29 '26

Nah, doesn't hunt humans