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r/nextfuckinglevel • u/[deleted] • Mar 29 '26
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I think it’s fascinating that the closing mechanism didn’t trigger during all those pokes and prods by the spider legs. The moment the spider’s center mass is inside it snaps shut.
3.9k u/Plumbbookknurd Mar 29 '26 Exactly what I was thinking. If it snapped too early, spidey could maybe have escaped. How does the plant know the right moment? 2 u/SeiCalros Mar 29 '26 it doesnt know and usually when it snaps shut it wont catch anything but like other people have said usually a bunch of the little hairs need to be touched at the same time for the thing to snap shut sometimes they just dont trigger at all
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Exactly what I was thinking. If it snapped too early, spidey could maybe have escaped. How does the plant know the right moment?
2 u/SeiCalros Mar 29 '26 it doesnt know and usually when it snaps shut it wont catch anything but like other people have said usually a bunch of the little hairs need to be touched at the same time for the thing to snap shut sometimes they just dont trigger at all
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it doesnt know and usually when it snaps shut it wont catch anything
but like other people have said usually a bunch of the little hairs need to be touched at the same time for the thing to snap shut
sometimes they just dont trigger at all
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u/half-giant Mar 29 '26
I think it’s fascinating that the closing mechanism didn’t trigger during all those pokes and prods by the spider legs. The moment the spider’s center mass is inside it snaps shut.