Can Venus Flytraps Feel Pain Update Additional details and answers to questions: - I know some people say plants can feel pain, but the consensus is that they just don’t feel pain like we do as they don’t have a brain or nervous system like us - The way they feel things is through their trigger hairs. Their reaction to things touching them is more mechanical than anything. - Mowing your grass is worse than this. - The ribs on the side of the plant are normal, it is a trait of this cultivar (brad