Fortunately for people, Venus flytrap plants can’t eat anything much bigger than a housefly and mostly they eat mosquitoes and gnats. If you put the tip of your finger in the flytrap’s bug eating mouth, it will quickly snap shut, but it won’t hurt at all.

Venus flytraps are carnivorous plants that survive by capturing prey in a nasty looking “mouth”. So, naturally, this idiot decided to put his tongue in it. To his apparent surprise, it “really hurt!” “I made a similar mistake once,” says YouTuber Freedom.

Humidity — The Venus Fly Trap doesn’t require extremely high humidity, but above 50%. Temperature — Can range from 70° – 95° F (21° – 35° C) and down to 40° F (5° C) in the winter. Water — Rain water or distilled water is preferred. Keep the plant damp, but not soaking.

Attenborough’s pitcher plant

Orchids

This study revealed the first known mutualism between a carnivorous plant and a mammal. The discovery sparked a sudden scientific interest in the giant plants that eat meat. For example, the pitcher species Nepenthes rajah of Borneo is large enough to drown a rat.

Carnivorous plants have adapted to grow in places where the soil is thin or poor in nutrients, especially nitrogen, such as acidic bogs. Carnivorous plants can be found on all continents except Antarctica, as well as many Pacific islands.

Pineapples are tropical, carnivorous plants. Pineapples produce a protein called bromelain, which can break down other proteins into acids. Pineapples can only eat small insects since they are not built to trap larger animals.

“We’re finding that some trees fart more than others,” Megonigal says. So as long as you think of pooping in general terms, plants do it! They also do things like breathing, sweating, peeing, and even farting.