Do You Know? Venus is Insectivorous Plants

In addition to predators that often we have seen, it turns out there are some plants that are also "hunt" with the ability to capture prey that is amazing. One is a plant-insect predator named Venus. This plant has a system of trap to trap, catching and eating insects that perch this it. Plant attract insects with a charming red leaves. Despite this admirable trait in him, he himself did not realize this. Insects are tempted by the delicious aroma of the resulting glands around the foliage of plants Venus. It then flew over and then landed on top of plants without the slightest suspicion of the danger that lurk. When moving into the source of "food", he touched the hairs that appear as harmless on the surface of these plants.

When approached him feel the touch of insects, plants are moving quickly folded and tightly closed leaves. This movement makes the insects trapped and pressed between the leaves. This leaves more and more closely flanking a result of insect wings that touch your hair repeatedly. These plants then remove fluid "crushing and solvent meat" in insects. In a short time, he crush their prey to become like mush and then eat this delicious dish.

Venus has the ability to close the plant leaves with a very high speed. Faster than the fastest motion to close the fingers of human hands. The proof, humans often can not catch a fly that landed on the palm of his hand, but the plant Venus did with ease. What is interesting to note is how the plants that do not have the muscles or skeleton is able to perform a very rapid movement?

There is a very complex electrical system at the plant of Venus. Stimulation caused by touching the body hairs of insects on Venus forwarded to the receptor (receiver system stimulation) under the plant hairs. Then continue this receptor stimulation in the form of electrical signals to the motor cells that cause the leaves Venus make quick and sudden movements. Finally, the mechanism is switched on continuously to keep the insects so as not to loose.

What happens at the cellular level motor? Immediately after this motor cells receive electrical stimulation, they change the concentration of water in their bodies. The cells on the inside of trap release water from his body and then shrink. This phenomenon is similar to a deflated balloon and remove the air. In contrast, cells on the outside of trap to absorb excess water and expand. This process happens quickly so that the plants are closing their leaves with a very high speed.

In addition, the digestive gland of trap were also activated. As a result of stimulation, these glands begin to release liquid to crush and dissolve the insect's body slowly. Although very powerful way to dissolve the protein, these chemicals do not harm the plant leaves Venus itself. In this way, the plant Venus prey eating porridge that has been turned into a bowl of rich soup of proteins.

After eating a meal, before moving mechanism of trap Venus so close, now works on the contrary to open it. To activate the trap, Venus hairs must be touched twice in succession. With this double action mechanism, the plant Venus was never close to useless without a clear purpose. For example, the trap will not become active and closed when a raindrop falls about it.

Here, which is very important to note is that Venus, the hunter who these experts, has no brain or organs semisalnya, so that he could not think. Indeed, Venus did not realize extraordinary ability, which makes it able to hunt for insects that can fly quickly. All this shows a system trap, capture and destruction of the insect with a very accurate precision, technique and design a perfect in their parts even the smallest.