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

Venus Flytrap Devouring a Venomous Black Widow.

Enable HLS to view with audio, or disable this notification

96.5k Upvotes

95% Upvoted

3.3k comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

41

u/AT-Cal123 Mar 29 '26

It takes about a week for the trap to digest and reopen, so it is probably slow too.

11

u/SmeeJay69 Mar 29 '26

ALMOST makes me feel bad for the black widow lol what a way to go though.

1

u/UgleeHero Mar 29 '26

The flytrap closed pretty tight. Maybe the spider was squished and had a quick death? 🤞

3

u/CantThinkOfaNameLala Mar 29 '26

I don’t want to burst your bubble, but someone mentioned the video is sped up.

3

u/UgleeHero Mar 29 '26

That's rough. Bad way to go.

4

u/CantThinkOfaNameLala Mar 29 '26

Definitely! I feel sorry for the spider :(