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minus-squareMTK@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 month agoCool Thing about that is that the theory is that it was selected for exactly to ward off non birds so that only birds eat it and the seeds go further!
minus-squarehex@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoWoah. Imagine the first spicy plant. The mammals stay away from it, but the birds still eat it. They then bring the plant to a place where the plant doesn’t exist yet. Plant flourishes. Repeat.
Cool Thing about that is that the theory is that it was selected for exactly to ward off non birds so that only birds eat it and the seeds go further!
Woah. Imagine the first spicy plant. The mammals stay away from it, but the birds still eat it. They then bring the plant to a place where the plant doesn’t exist yet. Plant flourishes. Repeat.