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"Nobody would be looking at a flower stalk as the primary mode of carnivory" This is probably exactly what the plant is betting on. It's a nice perceptive chec
by pharrington 5y ago
"Nobody would be looking at a flower stalk as the primary mode of carnivory"
This is probably exactly what the plant is betting on. It's a nice perceptive check on our own individual intelligence as humans.
- failwhaleshark 5y agoNature is a hacker and finds a way. I'll think twice whenever I encounter a sticky plant part from now on. Edit - obligatory: Feed me, Seymour. Feed me all night long.
- vmception 5y ago> betting > intelligence thats not how natural selection works some mutant blew its load into the wind and the mutant spawns survived, thats the whole story until we find a communication or same generation reaction mechanism that leads to different future adaptations
- Jerrrry 5y ago> not how natural selection works > mutant spawn survived >leads to different future adaptations
- phito 5y agoYeahhh that quote is BS. We already have the genus Stylidium which is suspected to have a carnivorous flower stalk for years if not decades. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stylidium https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stylidium