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The flowers of the Crotalaria cunninghamii plant resemble tiny hummingbirds (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by sjmarf@sh.itjust.works to c/natureisfuckinglit@lemmy.world

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[–] cmgvd3lw@discuss.tchncs.de 12 points 2 years ago

This is wild

[–] SuzyQ@sh.itjust.works 12 points 2 years ago (1 children)

How does the plant know what hummingbirds looks like?

[–] naught@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It doesn't! It evolved this way through natural selection over eons

[–] pm_me_your_thoughts@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

What's the benefit here? attracts more hummings to polinate? Or keeps worms away?

[–] naught@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

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

[–] ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Or just random coincidence out of millions of different plants and it didn't do anything to harm the plant from spreading.

[–] TIMMAY@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

that's evolution baby

[–] jol@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 11 months ago

Keep worms away? I don't think worms can see birds...