Venus Flytraps are located in North Carolina in bogs within 60 miles of a city called Wilmington. They are only found there. You can find them at local markets that sell them. Venus Flytraps are carnivorous plants that trap flies, spiders, ants, etc. They have these hairs in their mouths that act as triggers. If 2 triggers are touched between 20 seconds or if 1 hair is touched twice the mouth will close. Scientists don't know how they close but they think the Venus Flytrap's mouth closing has something to do with the flow of water. There are a few other carnivorous plants like the Nepenthes. If you know pokemon just think of Victreebell. It resembles a Nepenthes. Nepenthes drown their victims in a fluid and then absorb the nutrients. The nepenthes' most useful friend are ants. The ants can survive the Nepenthes by swimming inside it. They will clean out the bug/lizard flesh stuck in the Nepenthes. Nepenthes' with ants cleaning out their insides will live longer :). The Nepenthes is also known as the Monkey Cup.
Mistletoe is a parasitic plant involved in Christmas. Mistletoe attaches itself to a tree and somehow grows through the hard wood and sucks nutrients! This plant depends on the victim for half its food while it grows the other half. Farmers cut it off their trees to keep the trees alive. Mistletoe attracts lots of wildlife like birds, squirrels etc. At least it does photosynthesis so it is not that dependent on the victim/tree.
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