TIL: ferns have sperm that swims
TIL: ferns have sperm that swims
Fern reproduction is quite different from that of flowering plants. Here's how the life cycle works and the various ways ferns reproduce.
A fern is a plant. A plant is supposed to get pollinated by bees and whatnot. Yet ferns have sperm swimming around and fertilizing the lady-bits of other fern.
Mind blown.
Only flowering plants are pollinated by bees and even then not all of them. Ferns evolved before flowers existed so of course they need a different way to breed.
Flowering plants first evolved in the late Cretaceous. Ferns are old. Ferns are really old. They aren’t fertilized by insects
That's extremely interesting!
Does this mean it's off-topic for Mildly Interesting?
yes. this is TIL.
So basically they're just throwing horny Michael Phelpses (Michaels Phelp?) all around the place? I approve.
I do too, but no one finds that interesting
Awesome.