My kid wants to get a Venus fly trap, and I'm torn. It's a plant that eats animals. I have no idea how to feel about this 😂
If it helps, they don't NEED to eat animals to survive, in case that's a point of contention between you two.
The kid could grow one as just a neat looking plant.
They are a little sensitive, though, so hopefully your kid wouldn't be too upset if it doesn't work out.
@volkris he's not vegan, just me - it's just weird, it's a weird plant! He likes them and they're native here, there's just something so weird about it.
Gotcha. But it can be a vegan fly trap just as you're a vegan human :)
Anyway, yep, I personally like having the weird... errm... eyecatching plants around.
It depends on the aesthetic.
@volkris so do you just give them water and sunlight? They really don't need bugs?
@jessicamauerhan @volkris just don't poke them to make them close, it takes energy and they need the food to recuperate. But mine has been alive for a couple years with not much to eat. I had one when I was a teen in my bedroom and it caught some giant spiders. At first I was like oh cool it caught spiders but then I was like oh shit there were giant spiders in my bedroom. So I'm glad that I had it. 😅
