And of course, snap traps, like our friend the Venus flytrap.

当然，还有捕兽夹式陷阱，比如我们的朋友捕蝇草。

Believe it or not, the Venus flytrap is on the verge of becoming an endangered species.

信不信由你，捕蝇草现在濒临灭绝。

Sometimes those responses are recognizable and action-packed — like a Venus flytrap snapping shut on a bug.

有时，这些反应是可识别的，而且充满了动感——就像捕蝇草捕捉昆虫一样。

For example, among the species at risk of extinction is the Venus flytrap, a plant that " eats" insects.

例如，在濒临灭绝的物种中，有一种叫捕蝇草，它是一种以昆虫为食的植物。

The Venus flytrap is a strange plant that only grows naturally in the coastal bogs of North and South Carolina in the United States.

捕蝇草是一种奇怪的植物，只在美国南、北卡罗来纳州的沿海沼泽中生长。

The Venus flytrap uses a modified version of that jasmonic acid signal.

维纳斯捕蝇草使用茉莉酸信号的改良版本。

The magic starts when glutamate hits a part of the umami receptor on your tongue called the Venus flytrap domain, so named because it's shaped like a Venus flytrap, with two lobes around a hinge.

当谷氨酸盐击中你舌头上称为捕蝇草域的一部分鲜味受体时，魔法就开始了，之所以如此命名是因为它的形状像一个捕蝇草，在铰链周围有两个叶瓣。

So, as unique as they look, the Venus flytrap’s claws and chemistry are evolutionarily repurposed tools.

因此，尽管它们看起来很独特，但维纳斯捕蝇草的爪子和化学物质是经过进化改变用途的工具。

I'm going to go ahead and trigger this mimosa right now by touching on the hairs of the Venus flytrap.

我现在要通过触摸金星捕蝇器的头发来触发这个含羞草。

There are also snap traps which are active, using rapid modified leaf movements, like  those of a Venus flytrap, to snag prey.

还有一些活跃的捕捉器，利用快速修改的叶子运动，如维纳斯捕蝇器， 捕捉猎物。

So while they may seem pesky, thorny or even downright mean, Venus flytraps are our friends, and we should make an effort to keep them safe, at least in the real world.

虽然它们可能看起来很烦人，身上有刺，甚至用刻薄来形容也不为过，但捕蝇草其实是我们的好朋友，我们应该努力保护它们的安全，至少在现实世界中。

For example, a key genetic change in the  evolution of carnivory took place in a common ancestor of Venus flytraps and sundews  that lived about 60 million years ago.

例如，食肉动物进化过程中的一个关键遗传变化发生在生活在大约 6000 万年前的维纳斯捕蝇草和茅膏菜的共同祖先身上。

The glands inside of the trap, though, expressed genes much more similar to the Venus flytrap’s roots -- which actually makes sense, since both parts of the plant absorb nutrients.

不过，捕蝇草内部的腺体表达的基因与维纳斯捕蝇草的根更相似— — 这实际上是有道理的， 因为植物的两个部分都吸收养分。

To be honest, I had to think about it a little before I said yes because I was taking on a topic that was basically a Venus flytrap of everything that makes people mad.

老实说，在我说是之前我不得不考虑一下， 因为我正在讨论一个基本上是一切让人发疯的维纳斯捕蝇草的话题。