FenrirIII@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 23 days agoTaste the flavorlemmy.worldimagemessage-square106linkfedilinkarrow-up1861arrow-down17
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minus-squarehydrashok@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up87arrow-down1·23 days agoPlant: develops high amounts of capsaicin to ward off predators Humans: ooh, this would be great with chicken! Plant: am I a joke to you?
minus-squarePasserby6497@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up74·23 days agoHumans: YOU TWO PLANTS NEED TO FUCK, I NEED YOUR OFFSPRING TO BE HOTTER
minus-squareCapt. Wolf@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up27·23 days agoSimilarly: Yeast: I’m going to eat all this sugar and produce a toxin that will kill off competing organisms! Humans: HAHA! Funny juice make head all silly…
minus-squaretomi000@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·23 days agoIt is not meant to ward off predators though. Being eaten is the goal, thats how the seeds are scattered.
minus-squarethevoidzero@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up25·23 days agoIt is to ward off mammals. Their goal is to be eaten by birds, birds can’t taste capsaicin, so it’s just normal food. And birds distribute the seeds.
minus-squaredarvocet@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·23 days agoI eat a lot of pepper and I never poop out seeds. Nerd.
minus-squareLeon@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·22 days agoNot to get all up in your business but wow, you’re being really lazy and disrupting the circle of life here buddy. You should poop more seeds.
Plant: develops high amounts of capsaicin to ward off predators
Humans: ooh, this would be great with chicken!
Plant: am I a joke to you?
Humans: YOU TWO PLANTS NEED TO FUCK, I NEED YOUR OFFSPRING TO BE HOTTER
Similarly:
Yeast: I’m going to eat all this sugar and produce a toxin that will kill off competing organisms!
Humans: HAHA! Funny juice make head all silly…
It is not meant to ward off predators though. Being eaten is the goal, thats how the seeds are scattered.
It is to ward off mammals. Their goal is to be eaten by birds, birds can’t taste capsaicin, so it’s just normal food. And birds distribute the seeds.
I eat a lot of pepper and I never poop out seeds. Nerd.
Not to get all up in your business but wow, you’re being really lazy and disrupting the circle of life here buddy. You should poop more seeds.