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bathroommonkey76

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Wed Jan 25, 2012, 02:10 PM Jan 2012

Three charged in poaching of rare Venus flytrap plants

Chapel Hill, N.C. — The Venus flytrap, a rare carnivorous plant that only grows in southeastern North Carolina and northeastern South Carolina, had three Brunswick County people facing charges Tuesday.

Kasey Gerald Whaley, Joyce Zarol Whaley and Elizabeth Ann Whaley, all from Shallotte, are accused of trying to steal 200 of the protected plants from The Nature Conservancy's Green Swamp Preserve on Monday. Stealing the plants without the landowner's consent is a Class 2 misdemeanor.

Debbie Crane, a spokeswoman for the Nature Conservancy based in Durham, said Venus flytraps are common targets for poachers.

More here:

http://www.wral.com/news/local/story/10640408/


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Three charged in poaching of rare Venus flytrap plants (Original Post) bathroommonkey76 Jan 2012 OP
there ought to be more carnivorous plants phantom power Jan 2012 #1
Great book. Odin2005 Jan 2012 #2
Genetically-modified Venus Flytraps could make nice pets. wtmusic Jan 2012 #3
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