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Bump!
Well, I tried the Straight Dope, And got this:
Stu
St.Clair said:You searched an urban legend site?
That was clever....
....You must take into account the known facts before demoting another sister subject in the chart of Fort. Lobelia and myself (if you read my first post) are picking up on a bigger fortean event.
Look:
Well, I tried the Straight Dope, And got this:
Whatever anyone says about Snopes, the Dope tends to come through. I trust them.(extract)There are no scientists puzzled about the Venus flytrap, only "scientists."
The VFT is the only member of its genus, Dionaea, but it has several relatives in the genus Drosera, which also happen to be carnivorous plants, known as "sundews." Together, these two genera make up the plant family Droseraceae. Sundews occur all over the world, while the VFT is limited to bogs throughout North and South Carolina--and, despite any X-Files episodes to the contrary, neither of the Carolinas used to be a meteor crater.
Stu