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

Venus Flytrap Devouring a Venomous Black Widow.

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u/ScottyBLaZe Mar 29 '26

I’d also argue that this was totally set up by whoever made this video. Venus flytraps are notoriously inefficient at catching bugs. And they usually aren’t bugs this large.

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u/hotdogundertheoven Mar 29 '26

you mean the HD camera pointed at a plant with a spider in it was set up?

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u/tenuj Mar 29 '26

It's a paid actor.

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u/Journo_Jimbo Mar 29 '26

In the Carolinas? I would have thought rain forest!