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nature is fucking lit @lemmy.world Sjmarf @sh.itjust.works 8mo ago

The flowers of the Crotalaria cunninghamii plant resemble tiny hummingbirds

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How does the plant know what hummingbirds looks like?
- It doesn't! It evolved this way through natural selection over eons
  
  What's the benefit here? attracts more hummings to polinate? Or keeps worms away?
  
  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

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