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Generate a short, engaging audio clip from the provided source. First, summarize the main idea in one or two sentences, making sure it's clear and easy to understand. Next, highlight one or two interesting details or facts, presenting them in a conversational and engaging tone. Finally, end with a thought-provoking question or a fun fact to spark curiosity!

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Did you know that some plants behave a lot like animals? A book called Freaks and Marvels of Plant Life explores the incredible and sometimes bizarre world of vegetation, revealing plants that hunt, move, and have other amazing abilities. Take the little Sundew plant, for example. Its leaves are covered in sticky, sparkling tentacles. When an insect lands on them, the tentacles bend over, trapping the bug. The plant then releases an acid, much like an animal's stomach, to dissolve and digest its meal! Then there is the famous Venus's Fly-trap, which one scientist compared to a rat-trap. Its leaves snap shut in an instant when an insect touches tiny trigger hairs inside, squeezing its prey to death before digesting it. It makes you wonder, does it not? If some plants can eat meat, what other amazing secrets is the plant kingdom hiding?

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