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Aren't the main uses for plant poisons/toxins being a defense mechanism for the plant? What evolutionary advantage does killing a predator hours after they kill

Aren't the main uses for plant poisons/toxins being a defense mechanism for the plant? What evolutionary advantage does killing a predator hours after they killed you have? Seems most "smart" plants would try to be as painful as possible up-front, before they get eaten.

ryao 10y ago
It would wipe out threats to the species.
pvaldes 10y ago
This would work for organisms like us, but plants are organisms structured following a clonal design; can explore other solutions not available to us. And they need also some animal services.