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The flowers of the Crotalaria cunninghamii plant resemble tiny hummingbirds (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by sjmarf@sh.itjust.works to c/natureisfuckinglit@lemmy.world
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[-] cmgvd3lw@discuss.tchncs.de 12 points 8 months ago

This is wild

[-] SuzyQ@sh.itjust.works 12 points 8 months ago

How does the plant know what hummingbirds looks like?

[-] naught@sh.itjust.works 7 points 8 months ago

It doesn't! It evolved this way through natural selection over eons

[-] pm_me_your_thoughts@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

What's the benefit here? attracts more hummings to polinate? Or keeps worms away?

[-] naught@sh.itjust.works 3 points 8 months ago

No idea! It's important not to ascribe purpose or intent to beneficial but random mutations. It must do something. Like you're saying, more pollinators or scare away pests etc. Somehow it is evolutionarily beneficial for reproducing with the additional benefit of being sick af

[-] ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 8 months ago

Or just random coincidence out of millions of different plants and it didn't do anything to harm the plant from spreading.

[-] TIMMAY@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

that's evolution baby

this post was submitted on 08 Mar 2024
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