Venus was an animate carnivorous plant.
In 3189, Doctor Attis gave this plant to his daughters, Amma and Tolpra, saying that he did want it to be lonely. The children enjoyed being with the plant, laughing as it attempted to bite one of them during feeding. This moment was preserved in one of the USS Tikhov's video logs, which was later viewed by a team from the USS Discovery. (DIS: "Die Trying")