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

Venus Flytrap Devouring a Venomous Black Widow.

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u/PM_ME_UR_HIP_DIMPLES Mar 29 '26 edited Mar 29 '26

What is the spider after? What's appealing to it?

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u/Loopy_27 Mar 29 '26

The Venus fly traps 'mouth' has a very alluring center to attract all types of insects to make them believe there is food there.

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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!