Flycatcher Plant

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"To keep our faces toward change,
and behave like free spirits in the presence of fate,
is strength undefeatable."

~Helen Keller~

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Had a relaxing publich holiday with Mr Snippets. Jnr1st and friends went away for the weekend and Jnr2nd is sleeping over at a friend.

Volvo is back and on the road... wonder how long it will last this time.



Flycatcher Plant
"Venus Flytrap"

Venus Fly Traps have a specially modified leaf... like a jaw with several small hairs inside. When a fly walks over the hairs and touches them twice, the jaw shuts. As the fly struggles inside to get out, the jaw shuts tighter. The plant then starts the digestive process.

Digesting a housefly takes roughly one week. When the fly has been digested, the leaf will either re-open or die. If the jaw shuts when there is no fly inside, then the jaw will take one or two days to re?open.



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