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Snap traps

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The snap traps of Dionaea muscipula close rapidly when the sensitive hairs on the leaf lobes are triggered.
Stages and timing of the Venus flytrap carnivory process, Knowable Magazine[1]

The only two active snap traps—the Venus flytrap (Dionaea muscipula), which uses plant arithmetic, and the waterwheel plant (Aldrovanda vesiculosa)—had a common ancestor with the snap trap adaptation, which had evolved from an ancestral lineage that utilized flypaper traps.[2] Their trapping mechanism has also been described as a "mouse trap", "bear trap" or "man trap", based on their shape and rapid movement. However, the term snap trap is preferred as other designations are misleading, particularly with respect to the intended prey. Aldrovanda is aquatic and specialized in catching small invertebrates; Dionaea is terrestrial and catches a variety of arthropods, including spiders.[3]










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  1. ^ Pain, Stephanie (2 March 2022). "How plants turned predator". Knowable Magazine. doi:10.1146/knowable-030122-1. S2CID 247333048. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
  2. ^ Gibson TC, Waller DM (August 2009). "Evolving Darwin's 'most wonderful' plant: ecological steps to a snap-trap". The New Phytologist. 183 (3): 575–87. doi:10.1111/j.1469-8137.2009.02935.x. PMID 19573135.
  3. ^ "Famous Insect Eating Plant Catches Many Spiders". The Science Newsletter. 23 March 1935. Archived from the original on 3 October 2012. Retrieved 18 July 2011.

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