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The Venus flytrap grows wild in only one small region

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Despite looking like alien flora plucked directly from a sci-fi jungle planet, the iconic Venus flytrap is incredibly boring in its geography. They are native to a tiny, miserable 60-mile radius entirely contained within North and South Carolina. They are strictly a southern American export.

The Venus flytrap grows wild in only one small region
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