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minus-squarexkforce@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 months agoThey dont. It just happens that natural selection favored flowers that looked vaguely bird like and over time, flowers that looked more and more like a bird outcompeted the ones that looked less like one.
minus-squareorphiebaby@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 months agoWhat’s funny is how absurd this is. Most flowers don’t look like birds and they’re fine.
minus-squareHawk@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 months agoThis has nothing to do with natural selection. It’s just a coincidence that the buds very shortly and from a specific angle vaguely look like birds. Most of the images shared are probably photoshopped to enhance the effect too.
minus-squarevzq@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 months agolooks at user name Sounds like something a BIRD would say!
They dont. It just happens that natural selection favored flowers that looked vaguely bird like and over time, flowers that looked more and more like a bird outcompeted the ones that looked less like one.
What’s funny is how absurd this is. Most flowers don’t look like birds and they’re fine.
This has nothing to do with natural selection. It’s just a coincidence that the buds very shortly and from a specific angle vaguely look like birds.
Most of the images shared are probably photoshopped to enhance the effect too.
looks at user name
Sounds like something a BIRD would say!
Squaaawk, you got me!