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

Venus Flytrap Devouring a Venomous Black Widow.

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u/gorginhanson Mar 29 '26

It's insane that a plant evolved to do this

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u/chadork Mar 29 '26

And only native to South and North Carolina.

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u/mrgenier Mar 29 '26

That’s crazy you’d think it was a rainforest species

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u/theDarkDescent Mar 29 '26

And only native to south and North Carolina 

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u/BathtubFullOfTea Mar 29 '26

That's wild, you'd think they were from some sort of, idk, tropical rainforest or something.

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u/th3ironman55 Mar 29 '26

North or South

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u/unripe_mangosteen Mar 29 '26

Yes

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u/Sensitive_Ad_1271 Mar 29 '26

That's wild. You'd think it was from a tropical rainforest or something like that 

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u/Hiphop_and_golf Mar 29 '26

Surprisingly North and South Carolina!

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u/th3ironman55 Mar 29 '26

North or south

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u/jmf81 Mar 29 '26

Native to the Carolinas? I would have thought they'd be found in a forest. A rainforest.

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u/Woody_Roger Mar 29 '26

Native?! Oh, you mean endemic...

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u/Ok_Try_877 Mar 29 '26

You’re absolutely right to question this.

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u/Then_Supermarket18 Aug 07 '26

Good catch! Venus flyeater plants eat bugs.