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[–] [email protected] 97 points 1 year ago (1 children)

can live on [...] soil nutrients

Except they don't. Carnivorous plants evolved in soils that are poor in nitrates and/or phosphates, so they get them from their preys.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 year ago (2 children)

And so do many humans. What's your point?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think the point is that carnivorous plants are the closest species to humans in the animal kingdom.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Are you saying carnivorous plants are in the animal kingdom?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Why stop at this? Just live off nutrients in powder and pill form.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Would if I could but this damn stomach needs to have shit in it

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Tried this. Not insignificant amount of powder ends up in your lungs.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago

Venus fly traps know what they look like. They could either reject the image and have to fight that fight for their whole lives, or embrace it and take the title as the most metal plants in the world.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Fun fact: The fly trap closing is one of the fastest movements in the plant kingdom.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

So you're complaining about not having enough flies in your house?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I could perform photosynthesis.

But what if I don't want to?