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Can carnivorous plants actually eat people?
Original: Can carnivorous plants eat people? https:// fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.pops ci.com/science/carnivorous-plants-eat-humans/
A Popular Science article explores whether carnivorous plants such as Venus flytraps and pitcher plants could consume a human. The short answer is no: these plants capture insects and, at most, small frogs or rodents, lacking the size and digestive capacity to threaten people. The piece examines the biggest known carnivorous plants and why human-eating plants remain pure folklore.
Why now: Curiosity about whether man-eating plants from fiction have any basis in reality is driving interest in the science explainer.
Popular ScienceVenus flytrappitcher plants
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- Can carnivorous plants eat people? https:// fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.pops ci.com/science/carnivorous-plants-eat-humans/ · popsci.com@web.brid.gy · 7
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