1The Venus flytrap...
2Like the Sundew, it makes itself very attractive, oozing nectar across the brim of each leaf.
3But any visiting insect had better watch out for these six tiny hairs.
4This fly has to tread carefully
5If it strikes one hair...
6it can carry on feeding
7but a timer has been set.
8A second strike in less than 20 seconds and the fly is doomed
9...
10An electrical impulse is triggered and the leaf snaps shut in just a fraction of a second
11The tips locked together like prison bars
12If the fly is very big or very small, it may just manage to escape.
13But most are trapped...
14and die.
15...
16Ten days later the trap reopens.
17All that remains is a husk.
18The plant has finished its meal and resets itself for its next victim.