grossscience:

This is the coolest video you’ll see today—gorgeous time-lapse of bug-eating plants growing and consuming their prey.

While you may have only heard of a few types of carnivorous plant, like the famous Venus flytrap, there are actually around 600 species of these guys worldwide, with a bunch of different feeding strategies.

On a personal note, this year for Mother’s Day I bought my mom a pitcher plant—another common carnivorous plant. She loved it. Clearly we are related.