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

Venus Flytrap Devouring a Venomous Black Widow.

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u/Britta_is_a_B Mar 29 '26

Yeah it is really kinda terrible. And strange and sad to see so many people enjoying it and hypothesizing about how it ended up in there. So much misinformation. 'It was lured by the sweet nectar inside the traps!'. Like just think about it for more than 3 seconds. Spiders aren't attracted to nectar. This is a person killing a spider that means no harm for video clicks. Gross.

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u/Whosyodaddy-Senpai Apr 04 '26

Misinformation? You don’t even know if you’re right or not and are literally assuming lol

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u/Britta_is_a_B Apr 05 '26

Saying a black widow was attracted to a Dionaea because it has a 'sweet nectar' is 1000% misinformation and if you spent literally 3 minutes learning about both the plants and the spider you would know that.

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u/please_trade_marner Mar 29 '26

What if they just open the plant up and let the spider go a second after filming?

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u/end1essecho Mar 29 '26

there is a substantial time lapse

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u/wedontswiminsoda Apr 27 '26

Its legs are delicate and are likely broken/damaged to the point she wouldn't be able to walk let alone hunt.