Kathleen wrote:

I've bought them before... how the heck do you keep them alive?

I'll let you know if I succeed. Venus fly traps seem to
thrive on a knife-edge of humidity, temperature, type of soil,
and moistness of soil, and if you drift too far in any
direction, they crater pretty fast. And don't feed them
hamburger or poke them with pencils for your own amusement.