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Was it your intention to make the Venus fly trap in the music video look like a “Stranger Things” Demogorgon?

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 22, 2025

But supporters said honoring the Venus fly trap isn’t about one extra thing students see on an elementary school worksheet.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 21, 2023

How can the Venus fly trap differentiate between a random stimulus and an actual prey?

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

Most carnivorous plants are full-time predators—the Venus fly trap, for example, lies in wait year-round to snag flies with its jawlike leaves.

From Science Magazine • Aug. 9, 2021

For a genuine fly trap, the following stands unrivalled.

From Camp Life in the Woods and the Tricks of Trapping and Trap Making by Gibson, William Hamilton




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