Death Trap

Man-eating plants have been the stuff of wild legends or centuries. Explorers returning from remote jungles told chiling tales of flesh-eating trees. Such gross exaggerations were based on grains of truth as this program reveals. With spectacular close-ups and timelapsed photography, the inner workings of nature'srarest plants, the flesheaters, are examined. From the venus flytrap and jewel-like Sundew, to Waterwheels and Bromeliads, this program shows how some plants achieve the improbable--to catch a moving target.