Snap, Buckle, Pop: The Physics of Fast-Moving Plants
Publication: National Geographic News Date: May 26, 2005 View ArticleFleet-footed animals, such as gazelles and cheetahs, aren’t the only livings things that rely on speed for their survival. The same is true for some plants and fungi.
Consider the Venus flytrap, the poster child for carnivorous plants: Its jaw-like leaves can ensnare insects in an eye-blurring one-tenth of a second.