@season. 545680 wrote:
Thats a badass looking plant right there. I’ve always wondered though, when a venus fly trap “eats” a fly… where does it actually go? Surely it can’t be digested? Does it just decompose?
“If the prey is unable to escape, it will continue to stimulate the inner surface of the lobes, and this causes a further growth response that forces the edges of the lobes together, eventually sealing the trap hermetically and forming a ‘stomach’ in which digestion occurs. Digestion is catalysed by enzymes secreted by glands in the lobes.”
