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minus-squareZink@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·4 months agoIt’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.
minus-squareorphiebaby@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down2·4 months ago…But birds pollinate flowers. How is a bird not landing on this (particular, too) flower going to help it survive?
minus-squarefuckingkangaroos@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·4 months agoMaybe they’re tree scarecrows to keep bugs away
minus-squareoce 🐆@jlai.lulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·4 months agoSir, I believe those would be scarebugs.
minus-squareOld_Fat_White_Guy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 months agoIf they keep bugs away then I’ll take a dozen.
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.
…But birds pollinate flowers. How is a bird not landing on this (particular, too) flower going to help it survive?
Maybe they’re tree scarecrows to keep bugs away
Sir, I believe those would be scarebugs.
If they keep bugs away then I’ll take a dozen.