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Why did Venus Flytraps Develop a Taste for Meat?

Why did Venus Flytraps Develop a Taste for Meat?

Update: 2025-10-10
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From plants that eat rats and frogs, to the strange reason bats curl up in pitcher plants, Will and Mango explore the eerie world of carnivorous plants. 

This episode originally aired on November 9, 2018.

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Why did Venus Flytraps Develop a Taste for Meat?

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