Venus Flytrap

know, a Venus flytrap (or Dionaea muscipula seed) achieves its energy not only through photosynthesis, but through devouring its prey (dragon flies, mosquitoes, etc.). The Venus flytrap’s “mouth” (trapping mechanism) is very rough and is always green. This part of the organism’s body is also covered with a fragrant nectar that attracts its prey towards it. When the prey reaches the Venus flytrap, it begins to feed off of the nectar. Once touching its leaf, the prey sets off a twenty second timer. After the time is up the two leaves close together, trapping its prey into their holdings. Although there is a way that the prey’s last few seconds alive may be shortened. This could only happen if the prey touches the organism’s six “hairs”,…

The Venus flytrap is a plant native to wetlands on the East Coast of the United States in North Carolina and South Carolina. The scientific name for the Venus Fly Trap is Dionaea Muscipula. It’s one of the most fascinating plants to have ever existed due to its omnivorous nature. Darwin noted, “‘I care more for Drosera than the origin of species ... it is a wonderful plant, or rather a most sagacious animal. I will stick up for Drosera to the day of my death.” The Venus flytrap reproduces by…

My art I created for the Venus flytrap was created on Photoshop in order to properly illustrate the various characteristics of the carnivorous plant. Originally, I was going to paint the piece for this project, but over the course of the semester, I have been extensively learning the ins and outs of Photoshop in my Digital 1 class, and I decided to switch my project over to digital media. When I first sketched out my idea for this project, I created a very simplistic view of the flytrap catching…

Have you ever thought of how a venus flytrap eats? Not many people think about them at all. If you do have any interest in them or nature, It's one of the most interesting things you'll come across. Mostly because all known plants just use basic photosynthesis to feed themselves. not venus flytraps. they are a whole different story. there is no plant like them in any way. So out of all plants that use photosynthesis, some plants needs a little more to their diet, and the venus flytrap has a…

Imagine flies, bugs, and pests surround your house like swarms of bees surround a garden full of flowers. Imagine planting, caring, and/or petting a pet or plant that can make their own food, gather their own foods, and/or survive without rich soil, fertilizer, etc. It's a Venus Flytrap you seek. First of all, Venus Flytrap don’t need fertile soil. Venus is a plant, but it is also a carnivore, too, because it consumes insects to survive. As Venus Flytraps consumes insects, they dissolves in the…

Most people are familiar with the Venus flytrap. Small and ominous-looking, the plants are commonly sold as novelties, and many a curious child (or adult) has triggered its ..……. (baneful, sinister, doomful, malevolent) traps with a pencil to see its amazingly rapid response. However, carnivory in plants is not limited to the famous Venus flytrap. In fact, there are more than 600 carnivorous plant species, and the ability to catch and digest ………(dupe, prey, victim, quest) has evolved…

“Named for the Roman goddess of love and beauty, Venus is also the only planet that is named for a female.” ("Venus, Second Planet from the Sun, Brightest Planet in Solar System." Space.com. Web. 30 Apr. 2014) Venus has fewer impact craters than any other planet. Also unlike most planets, Venus turns clockwise on its axis, as opposed to counter-clockwise. This is called retrograde rotation. It is said that this is because of their close position to the Sun. Appearing to be a nice golden color,…

In the story, All Summer in a Day by Ray Bradbury, takes place in a dystopian life where kids live with their family on planet Venus. This may sound super fun, but on the contrary, it rains and rains and rains and rains. Every seven years the sun shines down on planet Venus for just one hour. Most kids do not remember the sun since they are so young, but Margot is different. She has come over from Earth fairly recently. She grieves the beautiful sun everyday, and this grieving can be observed by…

That is why, despite not being the closest planet to the Sun, Venus is the hottest planet in the Solar System. Earth 's Tectonic Plates: the tectonic plates of our planet are portions of what is scientifically called "lithosphere", which accounts for the layer of the Earth that contains the terrestrial crust and the upper-most solid mantle. Tectonic plates account for many interesting phenomena - such as the formation of volcanoes and mountains, and the generation of earthquakes and tsunamis -…

Within our solar system, exists a collection of eight planets, their moons, asteroids, meteoroids, and comets. These eight planets in our solar system are generally categorized into two types: terrestrial planets, and gas giants. The word terrestrial comes from the Latin word terra which means earth, land, or territory according to dictionary.com. From this, terrestrial planets literally means Earth-like rocky planets. This contrasts from gas giants, since gas giants are mostly composed of…