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brad9798
05-08-2006, 04:08 PM
I had one once as a kid ... no real memories, though.

So this morning while picking up knotty pine wainscotting for the bedroom ... we came across carniverous plants ... We saw them a bit ago, and my daughter asked for one.

So today I went ahead and bought one, and had it ready when she got off the bus ...

Before she got home, I tested it with my hand, and about jumped out of my skin when it closed QUICKLY and solidly on my finger ...

So the big experiment just now was getting a roly-polu bug off the patio to drop into one of the 'mouths.'

SNAP ... there it went ... an insectorial sacrifice ...

But then all three kids were upset that we killed a 'tickle-bug.'

Can't win sometimes ...
paladin
05-08-2006, 04:12 PM
izzitt big enough for cats?.....:D
Katherine
05-08-2006, 04:13 PM
Hey, I like my cats, how about people?
Phillip Allen
05-08-2006, 04:14 PM
I like cats...is it big enough for crouchy ole rednecks
Katherine
05-08-2006, 04:15 PM
Do they have to be old?
brad9798
05-08-2006, 04:16 PM
Actually, my wife said if she could only find a 'Venus Brad Trap' all would be good with the world ...

What the heck did she mean by that???
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They really are cool ... don't need 'meat' to live, but will take it nonetheless ...

I hope I don't get attached too it so much that I post about all its habits and communications like Ish!! (Just kidding, Jack!) :-)

Brad
Scubastud
05-08-2006, 04:16 PM
you need a man
brad9798
05-08-2006, 04:23 PM
OKAY, fly number one in the hole ... amazing ... how it attracts flies ...

WAY COOL.
George.
05-08-2006, 04:37 PM
Cool. :cool:

If you ever find one big enough for cats, send me a seed... :D
Phillip Allen
05-08-2006, 05:02 PM
pheeewtttt from me, George
Katherine
05-08-2006, 06:19 PM
Little Shop of Horrors comes to mind.
paladin
05-08-2006, 06:22 PM
I like cats too, they taste like chikkin'.......but there's too many in the neighborhood right now...loose...no tags......and they like to yowl at night........enough to make me pull out the pvs-5........
brad9798
05-08-2006, 06:25 PM
That's what we discussed, Kat ... we imagined it being about six foot tall in the morning ... :-)
Katherine
05-08-2006, 06:27 PM
Feed Me
brad9798
05-08-2006, 06:58 PM
... Seymour ...
brad9798
05-08-2006, 06:58 PM
'Cause I'm a dentist ...
Phillip Allen
05-08-2006, 07:01 PM
Actually, I have eaten cat...mountain lion. It is white meat and this was very tasty (not like chicken at all). No I did not kill and eat a mountain lion. It was taken legally by a professional guide (More likely one of his clients I suppose) and served up at a big soiree when I was in Albuquerque.
paladin
05-08-2006, 07:16 PM
would wooly mammoth be more to your taste?.....
Phillip Allen
05-08-2006, 07:22 PM
...?
ishmael
05-08-2006, 07:23 PM
When I was a college student there was a sphagnum bog nearby. I don't think flytraps were there, but there were sundews and pitcher plants.

The flytrap is amazing, isn't it? I'd encourage you to read up on it and share it with your daughter. A plant that grabs your finger is worth further investigation.
botebum
05-08-2006, 07:51 PM
Venus Flytraps are indigenous(sp?) to the Green Swamp, about ten miles from the house. Tonya and I were out walking one of the trails around a pond in the Green Swamp a week or two before Christmas, picking up ginormous pine cones to decorate and as we were leaving two Rangers pulled us over and requested to search the car. "Sure, for what?"-- "For Venus Flytraps, They're highly protected in their natural habitat." -- "Cool, never knew that."

Doug
Phillip Allen
05-08-2006, 07:54 PM
Hey...I had heard that but forgotton!
botebum
05-08-2006, 08:04 PM
Was just informed by Tonya that there's a nursery about 5 miles from the house that grows them and they sell them at WallyWorld(about 7 miles from the house). So why would I drive 10 miles to become a lawbreaker on a Federal level?

Doug
Katherine
05-08-2006, 08:06 PM
So why would I drive 10 miles to become a lawbreaker on a Federal level?

Doug
Just to add a little adventure to your life. :D
botebum
05-08-2006, 08:11 PM
I'm 42yo with a four month old baby girl- more adventure i don't need.

Doug
Katherine
05-08-2006, 08:12 PM
I'm guessing you need sleep, lol.
Sam F
05-08-2006, 08:13 PM
Dionaea miscipula is way cool but somewhat difficult to grow. I had one as a kid and kept it alive for several years. The red color in the leaves requires very bright light, so most home grown plants are somewhat washed out looking.
As you may know, the leaf closing mechanism is a sort of rapid wilting set off by touching the trigger hairs on the inside of the leaf.

Here's a site with care instructions:
http://www.pitcherplant.com/flytrap.html
brad9798
05-09-2006, 08:15 AM
Well it didn't grow to six feet while we slept ... shew.
Katherine
05-09-2006, 11:36 AM
Maybe it thinks you don't taste right.
paladin
05-09-2006, 12:36 PM
Didn't Venus Fly Trap work at W.K.R.P.?