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In a Snap: Leaf geometry drives Venus flytrap's bite
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In the Jan. 27 Nature, researchers offer a possible explanation: With its peculiar leaf geometry, the flytrap Dionaea muscipula achieves fast, springlike action that's usually off-limits to plant tissue.
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