Would they be useful?
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Could we theoretically selectively breed plants made for home defense?
Would they be useful?
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Just let whatever the frick grow around your house. Eventually something like this will appear.
Nepenthes rajah Has traps that can 3.5 liters of water and digestive juices. That can trap most animals besides mega fauna really.
We could
Orrrr we could just use standard fly traps which are quicker, cheaper and more effective
bros that's just plants vs zombies
So as others have mentioned, certain thorny bushes and climbing plants are used for this purpose already. Not even going into planting poisonous bushes on top of it all, but people do it though I think it's not smart, like installing an electric fence that can't be shut off and grows every year.
I can't imagine a giant Venus fly trap would be useful. You literally just poke it and the trap is "sprung" or deactivated. I mean, just walk by it and don't fall in, my dude. I really don't see anything other than barrier deterrents and obstacles being useful. Plants can already block access and strategically limit visibility into your home, so plants are already useful in that capacity. They just don't have to be the guardian too.
morons ITT think they can grow plants with a full nervous system and awareness to be able to attack invaders consciously
yes and no
yes because thorns, poison and stuff exist
no because that stuff already exists, youre just not allowed to, might violate some geneva conventions or hoa
I don't see much potential in any plant for that. The biggest venus flytrap cultivar is currently being cultivated and the traps are still quite small.
it just needs a little time to shine thats all
Perhaps. We need to just cultivate them harder.
I've long pondered about selectively breeding giant carnivorous plants capable of capturing and digesting humans
In the age of GMOs it should be possible
It wouldn't be legal
>It wouldn't be legal
to quote, there aren't good answers only legal ones.
Won't stop me from attempting it
Believe it or not, they probably did exist at one time
no it did not
It is kind of curious that there are carnivorous plants but none are capable of feeding on anything larger than frogs and flies
Mammals tend to move too much, and have teeth and usually claws.
Even a mice nibble and crawl out of a pumpkin.
if they did ever exist something like that would be a #1 threat priority to every other animal and all of them would come to the same goal of rooting them out permanently
Would they? It’s still an immobile (presumably) plant. Just stay out of its reach/trap/whatever and they couldn’t do anything
We can't even get rid of kudzu and that doesn't fight back.
Hogweed or gympie.
Rose bushes work fine for that.