Jan 2005

The rapid closure of the carnivorous plant Venus flytrap (Dionaea muscipula) is one of the fastest motions (typically 100 ms) in the plant kingdom and led Darwin to describe the plant as “one of the most wonderful in the world.”

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• “Researchers explore mystery, and say gotcha”, Boston Globe, 27 January 2005
• “How a Venus flytrap snaps up its victims”, New Scientist, 29 January 2005
• “Sharing secrets of the Venus flytrap”, Harvard Gazette, 26 January 2005
• Venus flytrap plants use a built-in snap, MSNBC, 26 January 2005
• Venus Flytrap’s Speed Secret Revealed, Live Science, 26 January 2005
• Secret of the Venus Fly Trap Revealed, 27 January 2005
• Scientists discover secret of venus flytrap’s snap, ABC News Online, 27 January 2005
• Harvard scientists discover how the venus flytrap snaps, Eureka Alert, 26 January 2005
• How a Venus flytrap plant catches bugs, Scripps Howard News Service, 26 January 2005
• In a Snap: Leaf geometry drives Venus flytrap’s bite, Science News, 29 January 2005
• Why, Boston.com, 2 February 2005
• “What it takes to get in a flap”, The Guardian, 3 February 2005
• Let’s Keep Asking Why, The Boston Globe, 3 February 2005
• Venus Flytrap – Leader in Biometrics? Newswatch 50
• Plants teach big lessons about how to get going, 16 June 2005

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