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The Venus flytrap Dionaea muscipula is to other carnivorous plants what Tyrannosaurus rex is to dinosaurs: maybe not the biggest but certainly the most well-known member of its breed. Despite what you may have seen in the movies, the Venus flytrap is fairly small this entire plant is no more than half a foot in length, and its sticky, eyelid-like `traps` are only about an inch long. And it`s native to the North Carolina and South Carolina subtropical wetlands. One interesting fact about the Venus flytrap: To cut down on false alarms from falling leaves and pieces of debris, this plant`s traps will snap shut only if an insect touches two different interior hairs in the course of 20 seconds.