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Red Piranha.

There is only one species of the Venus flytrap but there are many different forms and mutations in cultivation. In this one the plant has taken on a deep red colouration and the "teeth" on the edge of the trap have become small and pointed like those of a Piranha - hence its name. Is that just nectar running down from the teeth on the upper jaw? Or is it blood? Well a plants got to eat hasn't he.

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Uploaded on June 14, 2014
Taken on June 10, 2014