How a Venus flytrap remembers a touch

A flytrap can remember a weak touch

About 30 Seconds

One stimulus to a trigger hair may be too weak to close the trap. But if a second calcium influx arrives within about 30 seconds, the combined signal can reach the threshold for closure. The temporary memory comes from changing calcium levels in the cytoplasm, not from a brain.

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