Flytrap

... genus. There are indeed many fascinating traits in plants that sometimes make it look as if they were conscious being. Just think about Venus flytrap or sundews, for example. Also, in a forest, if you look carefully you are likely to see that the trees almost never touch each other, even though ...

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... use it all the time, or just when they don't have access to light? ~Jules~ PS. now that I think about it, there are some plants like the Venus Flytrap that seem to ingest organic material. So do they use cellular respiration?

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... but also: Does anyone remember the bacteria flagellum argument that was put to rest many time over? Or the blood clotting cascade? Or the venus flytrap? Some things are always assumed in this argument in order to assign it credibility. Like comparing biological processes to man made objects ...

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... digest them into organic compounds they need. Examples of carnivorous plants: - Nepenthes sp. (Tropical Pitcher Plant) - Dionaea muscipula (Venus flytrap) - Byblis sp. (Rainbow Plant) - Cephalotus sp. (Australian Pitcher Plant) - Darlingtonia sp. (Cobra Lilly) - Drosera sp. (Sundews) - Pinguicula ...

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