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What would happen if I licked the dew on my Drosera? I just want to know. The question popped up in my head. Is it really sticky? Does it taste good? Will it make me sick? Is it just plain wrong( )?

Sundew dew is fatal for humans. It will dissolve your tongue instantly and you will turn into a flesh-eating zombie within 6 hours.

I kid, I kid. It is usually relatively sweet (or doesn't taste like much of anything), and won't hurt you. I wouldn't recommend making a salad or anything, but tons of people have tasted sundew dew.

It's not really good for the leaf (it'll set that one leaf back a few days), but it won't kill your plant, and *in most cases* it shouldn't kill the leaf.

If you want to play it perfectly safe, as long as your plant has plenty of healthy growth (say, more than 5 leaves), cut a dewy leaf off, taste it, and rinse your mouth with water afterward. Then put the leaf on the surface of the soil and maybe it'll sprout a plantlet.

Ok. I just wanted to know, I would never to such a thing to a sundew.