Fly on Trap (IMAGE)

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Fly on Trap

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The red dots are glands. When the trap closes, forming a green stomach, these glands release a lytic enzyme cocktail, digest the victim, and incorporate the nutrients release from the building blocks of the meat.

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Sönke Scherzer

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