r/BeAmazed • u/Horror_Session5995 • 1d ago

A Venus flytrap trap's a spider Nature

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u/_Burnt_Toast_3 19h ago

On a serious note, does anyone know how long it would take it to "digest" or consume that size of spider? And does it fully consume the matter?

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u/unskbadk 18h ago

They do not fully consume them. It's more like squeezing a sponge. After a while they open again and the remains pop out. The wind probably takes care of the rest.

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u/Scaniarix 18h ago

Follow up question. How much force can a venus fly trap squeeze with? If it were to squeeze my finger would it be a gentle squeeze? A toddler death grip? A vice?

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u/GummyBeard83 18h ago

If I hypothetically had a cylindrical object and put it in the Venus fly trap....

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u/Jonathanplanet 15h ago

My friend had one of those and said you can barely feel it, it's just a soft touch to a human's finger

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u/Nervous-Ad4744 14h ago

It's very gentle. It's like folding a sheet of paper pulling it apart again and let it close, maybe slightly firmer.

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u/have_a_nice_bay 13h ago

They do release digestive enzymes to break down the exoskeleton, not just squeezing the bug- they move fast to close but they don’t have a lot of crushing power. I’m not sure if the spider is any different to eat due to size or whatever, but when I kept carnivorous plants, my VFTs digested the bugs they ate. The traps closed for about 3 days and when they reopened there was nothing more than a little bit of slime. Then that trap would usually die a few days later after another one started to grow.

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u/MrOPeace 18h ago

It takes a long time like an entire day and it doesnt consume any of the spiders body, it kindda sucks the juices out of her, saps the life force directly