Discovery explains how the venus flytrap snaps

A team of applied mathematicians, physicists, and biologists has discovered how the Venus flytrap snaps up its prey in a mere tenth of a second by actively shifting the curved shape of its mouth-like leaves. Their study, published in the Jan. 27 issue of the journal Nature, investigates the series of events that occur from the time the plant's leaves are stimulated to the time the trap is clamped shut.
The Venus Flytrap is the most famous of all carnivorous plants. Most early scientists believed the plant to be a myth until there was physical proof. Carnivorous plants occur naturally is swampy, marshy areas. The plant mostly lives in North and South Carolina along the coastal plain. One of the more dramatic plant movements is the snapping shut of the leaf of a Venus Flytrap when it detects movement on its surface.

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<p><a href="http://www.physorg.com/news2841.html">Discovery explains how the venus flytrap snaps</a></p> <p> A team of applied mathematicians, physicists, and biologists has discovered how the Venus flytrap snaps up its prey in a mere tenth of a second by actively shifting the curved shape of its mouth-like leaves. Their study, published in the Jan. 27 issue of the journal <i>Nature</i>, investigates the series of events that occur from the time the plant's leaves are stimulated to the time the trap is clamped shut. <br>The Venus Flytrap is the most famous of all carnivorous plants. Most early scientists believed the plant to be a myth until there was physical proof. Carnivorous plants occur naturally is swampy, marshy areas. The plant mostly lives in North and South Carolina along the coastal plain. One of the more dramatic plant movements is the snapping shut of the leaf of a Venus Flytrap when it detects movement on its surface.</p>