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Presenting One Of Nature's Deadliest Plants: The Venus Flytrap

It confines and consumes creepy-crawlies including beetles and spiders.
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The next time you buy flowers for your significant other, you might want to skip on the Venus Flytrap. Named after Venus, the Roman goddess of love, this carnivorous plant with a killer bite couldn't be further from its namesake.

Watch the video to learn more about this unique plant, and to see it in action. 

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