After looking into the Venus Flytrap, we quickly moved it to the top of our favorite plant list. Part plant, part monster? What's not to love?
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# Stuff You Should Know - Venus Flytrap Episode
Join Josh and Chuck as they uncover the fascinating world of the Venus flytrap, a plant so remarkable it makes you question whether it's actually a carnivore or just a highly evolved botanical marvel. In this episode, they explore how these tiny, trap-snapping plants evolved to eat insects as a survival strategy in nutrient-poor bog environments, the ingenious mechanics behind their lightning-fast closures, and exactly how to grow one in your own home (spoiler: it's trickier than you'd think). From the surprisingly dark history behind their suggestive name to the surprising discovery that they think using the same electrical impulses as animal brains, this episode proves that nature's innovations are way cooler than any horror movie could ever be.
8 Mile
2002
R
1h 51m
★ 7.1
"It's called an eight mile. Yeah. It's called an eight mile face off. — Chuck clarifies the term for improvisational rap battles that Josh witnessed while working on a Wyclef Jean music video."
— Chuck
"It's Bambi's mom in there, you know? Yeah. It's Bambi's fly, mother. — Josh references Bambi's mother's death to explain how nature documentaries dramatically portray the Venus flytrap eating insects, which upsets his daughter."
— Josh
Finding Nemo
2003
1h 40m
★ 7.8
"Or it's Dory. Sure. Dory the fly version. — Chuck suggests showing the daughter the flies episode instead, joking that it would be like showing Dory the fly to make her care less about the trapped insect."
— Chuck
Little Shop of Horrors
1986
1h 34m
★ 7.0
"Like you get your information from Little Shop of Horrors, you're being misled. — Chuck references the movie to warn that it misrepresents how big Venus flytraps actually are compared to the giant plant depicted in the film."
— Chuck
WKRP in Cincinnati
1978
★ 7.5
"But we're here to talk about the Venus Flytrap, not the WKRP in Cincinnati DJ. What a great character. — Josh makes a pun comparing the plant name Venus Flytrap to the character Johnny Fever from WKRP in Cincinnati, who wore Grateful Dead t-shirts."
— Josh
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