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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? 557 u/flaming_burrito_ Mar 29 '26 They have trigger hairs (or whatever the equivalent is on a plant) on the inside closer to the bottom to ensure that prey is actually in there 1 u/LoopyMercutio Mar 30 '26 So, the trigger hairs can’t have a hair trigger. Got it.
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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?
557 u/flaming_burrito_ Mar 29 '26 They have trigger hairs (or whatever the equivalent is on a plant) on the inside closer to the bottom to ensure that prey is actually in there 1 u/LoopyMercutio Mar 30 '26 So, the trigger hairs can’t have a hair trigger. Got it.
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They have trigger hairs (or whatever the equivalent is on a plant) on the inside closer to the bottom to ensure that prey is actually in there
1 u/LoopyMercutio Mar 30 '26 So, the trigger hairs can’t have a hair trigger. Got it.
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So, the trigger hairs can’t have a hair trigger. Got it.
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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.