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Venus Flytrap - Böcekkapan

The Venus Flytrap (also Venus's Flytrap or Venus' Flytrap), Dionaea muscipula, is a carnivorous plant that catches and digests animal prey—mostly insects and arachnids. Its trapping structure is formed by the terminal portion of each of the plant's leaves and is triggered by tiny hairs on their inner surfaces. When an insect or spider crawling along the leaves contacts a hair, the trap closes if a different hair is contacted within twenty seconds of the first strike. The requirement of redundant triggering in this mechanism serves as a safeguard against a waste of energy in trapping objects with no nutritional value. (From Wikipedia article)

 

Venus Böcekkapan çiçeği küçük hayvanları avlayıp sindiren etobur bir bitkidir. Bir böcek veya örümcek yaprakların arasında yürürken dikey tüylerden ikisine 20 san arayla değerse yapraklar kapanır ve salgılanan enzimlerle böcek sindirilir.

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