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[-] Zink@pawb.social 17 points 5 months ago

It's about tiny percents.

A bird will land on a flower.

A bird will not land on a bird.

So every one in a million time a bird mistakes a flower for a bird, that's a flower that survives.

All you have to do is wait a couple million years for the odds to turn in the bird flower's favor.

[-] orphiebaby@lemm.ee 0 points 5 months ago

...But birds pollinate flowers. How is a bird not landing on this (particular, too) flower going to help it survive?

[-] fuckingkangaroos@lemm.ee 7 points 5 months ago

Maybe they're tree scarecrows to keep bugs away

[-] oce@jlai.lu 6 points 5 months ago

Sir, I believe those would be scarebugs.

[-] Old_Fat_White_Guy@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

If they keep bugs away then I'll take a dozen.

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