Carnivorous plants live all over the world but the Venus Flytrap is native to select boggy areas in North and South Carolina. Because of people's fascination with these plants, they collected many of them and they became endangered. Venus' Flytraps today are grown in greenhouses.

Is it hard to keep a Venus flytrap alive?

Like the goldfish won at a charity bazaar, the plant is notoriously difficult to keep alive. “People buy a flytrap in this little pot with a plastic dome on top, and it's a recipe for death,” Read says.

Are Venus fly traps animals?

Why is a Venus flytrap not an animal? Venus flytraps are carnivorous plants, they are not animals as they exhibit plant kingdom behaviors and characteristics. Venus flytraps synthesize their own food through photosynthesis.