• merde alors@sh.itjust.works
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    4 days ago

    It requires two hairs being triggered at the same time to ‘chomp’.

    if you call “a few seconds” interval “at the same time”, yes

    “Flytraps show an example of memory in plants; the plant knows if one of its trigger hairs have been touched, and remembers this for a few seconds. If a second touch occurs during that time frame, the flytrap closes.”

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venus_flytrap

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      4 days ago

      That was an amazing read, thanks. Crazy to think that the entire wild population os native to a 100km area