{"id":108425,"date":"2026-06-16T14:15:37","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T08:45:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=108425"},"modified":"2026-06-16T14:15:37","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T08:45:37","slug":"venus-flytrap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/venus-flytrap\/","title":{"rendered":"Venus Flytrap"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Venus Flytrap Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, scientists have found the physical mechanism \u200cbehind the snapping action of Venus flytrap.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Venus Flytrap<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a <\/span><b>small perennial carnivorous plant<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of the sundew family.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Distribution:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is native to a <\/span><b>limited region of North Carolina and South Carolina<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the <\/span><b>United States.<\/b><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Characteristics<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The plant grows <\/span><b>in moist, acidic soil<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It grows in <\/span><b>nutrient-poor environments<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and supplements its nutrition by capturing \u200band digesting insects.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Mechanism of Snapping<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The \u201ctrap\u201d is <\/span><b>made of two hinged lobes<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at the <\/span><b>end of each leaf.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It uses specialized trigger hairs <\/span><b>called trichomes<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> located on the inner surface of the trap.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When an insect touches these hairs twice within a short period of time, the trap closes. \u200bClosure can occur in as little as one tenth of a second.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After the <\/span><b>plant absorbs the nutrient-rich liquid produced by the digestive processes<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the trap \u200breopens, with the insect\u2019s empty exoskeleton left behind.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This <\/span><b>type of movement is called thigmonasty<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2014a nondirectional plant response to being touched.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>Findings of the new Study<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The research says that when the trap is stimulated, the cell walls of the <\/span><b>outer epidermal layer rapidly soften by roughly 30 to 40%,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and the cell wall becomes more flexible.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This releases internal stresses stored in the \u200ctissue and causes \u2060the trap to bend and close.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When the trap snaps shut, the insect is sealed inside for digestion.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ddnews.gov.in\/en\/scientists-unlock-the-secret-behind-the-venus-flytraps-snap\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">DD News<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Venus flytrap is a small perennial carnivorous plant of the sundew family. 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