There's something about Venus flytraps that makes them stand out compared to other plants. It's probably that they're carnivorous and snap their jaws shut on their prey. In Real Life, this is done by the insect making contact with very small, faint hairs found inside the plant's jaws, after being lured in by the sweet aroma of the plant's nectar, then the jaws snap shut.

In fiction, their sentience (not to mention mobility) is often exaggerated and Played for Cool. If not outright depicted as a Man-Eating Plant, their mundane biology will be scaled up to be more animal-like. They'll often have a round Pac-Man-like head with a tooth or two, and be depicted as shooting their snouts out to catch a fly, or more rarely with a long tongue like a frog would. They'll often have two leaves attached to their stem that they use as arms, and be depicted as either hopping with the pot they're in or outright walking. They tend to growl, roar, or even burp. Somehow. They make for a great Lesser Species in a World of Funny Animals. The thing that makes Venus flytraps stand out is that they are depicted as anthropomorphic at a much higher, disproportionate rate compared to other species of plants.

Note that while other varieties of carnivorous plants don't show up anywhere nearly as often due to Small Taxonomy Pools, they can still be included in this trope. The most common contenders are pitcher plants, which are also often shown extending from a stem and have big bell-like stomachs that resemble pitchers. Other carnivorous plants, such as the sticky, entangling sundews and the aquatic bladderworts, are almost unheard of.

Sub-Trope of Artistic License – Botany and Animate Plant, and a Downplayed version of Plant Person, Plant Aliens, Plant Mooks, and Fantastic Flora. When a flytrap is enlarged and its carnivorous tendencies are exaggerated to the point of craving meat, that's Man-Eating Plant. Can be considered the plant version of Amplified Animal Aptitude.

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