continent-of-wild-endeavor:

And then….! The venus fly traps!  !!!

Once we spotted that first big fucker, we were seeing them everywhere. They were so cool, and so abundant! They’re native to just this area of North & South Carolina, where the soil is just right for them and people leave them the hell alone because it’s a hot, buggy swamp. (Plant poachers fuck off – there are armed guards posted here. Some of them are water moccasins.)

J caught a bug and fed it to one for my nieces/all of us to watch. They close so fast!