What If You Were Trapped in a Meat-Eating Plant?

Nature has many lethal predators that would love to eat you. Most of these are animals. But what about plants? Well, there's one plant that thrives in boggy areas and has a taste for insects, The Venus Flytrap. So what would happen, if a giant one trapped you? Could you survive? How long would it take to be fully consumed? Do Venus Flytraps actually like the taste of humans?

Transcript and sources:

Subscribe to the brand-new What If Discussed podcast:
Take a deeper dive into What If episodes with the help from the world's top thinkers in science.

Join our Patreon community and help make What If better:

Can you translate this episode into another language? Add subtitles and we will link your YouTube channel in the description:

Watch more what-if scenarios:
Planet Earth:
The Cosmos:
Technology:
Your Body:
Humanity:

T-shirts and merch:
Suggest an episode (detailed):
Newsletter:
Feedback and inquiries:

What If elsewhere:
Instagram:
Twitter:
Facebook:
What If in Spanish:
What If in Mandarin:

Our thumbnail was created by Siddhesh. Check out more of his art on his Instagram:

What If is a mini-documentary web series that takes you on an epic journey through hypothetical worlds and possibilities. Join us on an imaginary adventure through time, space and chance while we (hopefully) boil down complex subjects in a fun and entertaining way.

Produced with love by Underknown in Toronto:

what if,what happens if,scifi,science documentary,what if scenario,mysteries,what if body,what if earth,venus flytrap,giant venus flytrap,venus fly trap,plants,carnivorous plants,poisonous plants,inside a venus flytrap,large venus flytrap,insects and plants,swallowed by a venus flytrap,insects and spiders,plant carnivora,animals and plants,biology,plants that eat humans,meat eating plants,carnivorous plant terrarium,nature,carnivore,