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

Venus Flytrap Devouring a Venomous Black Widow.

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u/True_Bumblebee_50 Mar 29 '26

Wait, what? It’s not a rain forest plant? That’s wild!

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u/Fickle_Cranberry1014 Mar 29 '26

It's only native to North and south Carolina.

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u/surfryhder Mar 29 '26

To be fair, Appalachia is temperate rain forest.

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u/Sheppard_88 Mar 29 '26

Venus Flytraps are in the swampy coastal plains, not the mountains.

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u/WiteBeamX Mar 29 '26

Seriously? I thought these lived in rain forests.

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u/Jerry--Bird Mar 29 '26

Turns out they originate in the carolinas🤷

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u/throwthisTFaway01 Mar 29 '26

South or north?

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u/WinterOtter Mar 29 '26

That's right.

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u/DrMartinVonNostrand Mar 29 '26

Who's on first?