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A Venus' flytrap has trigger hairs that can sense when an insect lands on its lobes, or leaves. Which statement best explains how this differs from the sense of touch in animals?

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Answer: Venus' flytraps detect its prey using a type of mechanosensitivity that has trigger hairs that are able to detect an insect landing on its lobes, not through the sense of touch as found in animals.

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