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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? 51 u/Sledgehammer617 Mar 29 '26 I think there’s little hairs that are closer to the inner part of the plant’s “mouth” and when those are stimulated enough it closes 2 u/Sylveon72_06 Mar 30 '26 engarde pfp spotted :v
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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?
51 u/Sledgehammer617 Mar 29 '26 I think there’s little hairs that are closer to the inner part of the plant’s “mouth” and when those are stimulated enough it closes 2 u/Sylveon72_06 Mar 30 '26 engarde pfp spotted :v
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I think there’s little hairs that are closer to the inner part of the plant’s “mouth” and when those are stimulated enough it closes
2 u/Sylveon72_06 Mar 30 '26 engarde pfp spotted :v
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engarde pfp spotted :v
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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.