What has no brain, no nervous system, and not even nerves, yet acts as if it has reflexes? The answer is a Venus fly trap.
Researchers have discovered how the Venus flytrap translates a physical touch into an electrical signal that quickly closes ...
BOILING SPRING LAKES, N.C. (WECT) - Documentary filmmaker Robert Ford is from London, but he’s always had a fondness for a plant that grows across the Atlantic Ocean in Southeastern North Carolina. “I ...
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Growing Venus Fly Trap Plant Time Lapse (161 Days)
Watch a carnivorous Venus flytrap growing and eating before your eyes in this time-lapse. A dormant flytrap was planted into ...
A two-time Emmy-winning filmmaker is turning his lens on one of North Carolina’s most famous native plants, the Venus Flytrap, to highlight its precarious existence in the wild.
The root of this prey-catching technique is a chemical ion channel named DmMSL10 that surrounds the base of a Venus fly trap’s sensory hairs. This membrane allows chemicals to pass through and is the ...
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