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[–] chuckleslord@lemmy.world 10 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Not all animals. Mammals (spicy, ow) and insects (insecticide). Birds are unaffected and are the pepper's preferred "conveyance method" for their seeds. It's neat!

[–] Lennny@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Plants, like frat boys, are just trying to plant seeds far and wide. Birds help with that, in the plants case.

[–] chuckleslord@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

Yes, but I did read that the leading theory is that the seeds are too fragile for chewing, which is a mostly mammalian thing.