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[โ€“] RestrictedAccount@lemmy.world 6 points 5 months ago (1 children)

It started as a flowering plant. As it got some early carnivorous genes, if it killed the pollinators it would not reproduce.

It slowly turned into the terrifying plant we know and love.

[โ€“] sploosh@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago

Before it got jaws it was a glue trap. Venus flytraps are an evolutionary offshoot of Drosera, the sundews.