I am now the proud owner of a Venus Fly Trap

[Nicholas]

I just got a Venus Fly Trap and was wondering if anyone else here owns them as well.

[Hamster]

I've had them before. I never really saw them trap an insect, but I guess they must have. They're really interesting plants

[Manwë Súlimo]

Do the prickly things that look like teeth hurt?

[Jedidiah]

I have had Venus Fly Traps in the past. And no the "teeth" are fairly soft and do not hurt. They only serve to hold the prey in until it can be killed.

If you treat it nicely you may get seeds and can, as I did, raise little baby fly traps of your own. I don't know what the point is, but it was fun.

They don't have to have insects to thrive. They do get nutrition from the soil.

[Kelp]

I always wanted one of these when I was a kid.


It's like owning a Piranha Plant!

[Nicholas]

Here's a close up picture of it.

[Kelp]

Awwwww, cute little guys.

[Brandalf85]

Here's a close up picture of it.

...and so DJ, Yo Lunch, YourMaster and PitchforkPat emerged from their long awaited slumber only to realize they were fused together in a prank gone totally wrong....

[Manwë Súlimo]

Can PETA boycott nature herself? Poor flies. Never saw it coming.

[mossrose]

Feed me, Seymour!




























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[Cow Poke]

Are we talking about the DJ on WKRP in Cincinnati (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077097/)?

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[Jedidiah]

Awwwww, cute little guys.

You can pick one up at Lowes, Kelpster.

[gharfish]

I had a little one some time ago; I can't remember 'all the specifics' ...except one. It did eat an insect and it's trap never opened again, and the trap part of the plant rotted around this first! captured bug..and it wasn't long until that plant died. :sad:


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[Kelp]

You can pick one up at Lowes, Kelpster.
Thanks, I might just do that :smile: