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

submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by sjmarf@sh.itjust.works to c/natureisfuckinglit@lemmy.world

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[–] SuzyQ@sh.itjust.works 12 points 6 months ago (1 children)

How does the plant know what hummingbirds looks like?

[–] naught@sh.itjust.works 7 points 6 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] pm_me_your_thoughts@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] naught@sh.itjust.works 3 points 6 months 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 6 months 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 6 months ago

that's evolution baby