The Venus Flytrap is a carnivorous plant. It

dissolves it's prey in it's mouth. It's mouth is
the red parts in the picture to the right>.

What happens is the plant gives off a sweet

smelling nector. A fly, the prey, seeks the
source of the nector. The fly will land on the
plant. If the flytrap is lucky the fly will touch
one of the trigger hairs.

The trigger hairs are the points on the edge of

the plant.<

If one of the hairs are touched than the mouth

will close. Then the fly will dissolve, making it
easy for the plant to eat it. After a few days
the mouth will re-open and the process will
reoccur.

Although most plants don't, the Venus Flytrap

can live without every eating a fly.

Each individual "head" has to complete the

process above if the plant eats flies.

This is a clip of a Venus

Flytrap.>

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