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When I was a kid, I used to wonder where the Venus Flytrap’s brain was…

All in all, over 200 different types of creepy crawlies ended up falling into the mouths of these plants, but while the flytraps had no qualms about eating spiders and flies, they showed little interest in bees and some forms of beetles – in other words, they were deliberately avoiding the creatures that would help them reproduce.

Click here to read the full article “Venus Flytraps Refuse to Eat Friendly Bugs That Pollinate Them” by Matthew Loffhagen for Outer Places.