When people think about plants, they often think of the common trees, flowers, and bushes they see every day. Most don’t realize the world has tons of crazy foliage growing all over the place, some of which have the ability to kill any living thing that gets too close.
Who needs Triffids when we already have some otherworldly plants here on Earth?
Find here! 7 Terrifying plants want to kill you, if you are…..!
1Venus flytrap
When exploring the world of creepy plants, people usually first think of the Venus flytrap, and with good reason. Native to North and South Carolina, these bizarre-looking carnivores like to sit and wait for their prey to land or crawl onto their leaves, which are actually toothy, gaping maws.
Once the victim is in place, the flytraps clamp their mouths down and begin digesting their feast with enzymes strong enough to dissolve human flesh (in tiny amounts), according to carnivorous plant enthusiast Barry Rice. Unlike the Sarlacc, flytraps don’t take millennia to digest their meals, only about ten days, making it slow and painful nonetheless. Fortunately, Dionaea muscipula don’t grow as large as the one in Little Shop of Horrors, unless science finally steps up on this issue. Still, its diminutive size is probably why this plant doesn’t have as big an appetite as this next customer…
