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minus-squareKyrgizion@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·4 days agoJust like plants evolving capsacain to ward off herbivores. Now they get farmed for it.
minus-squarebobo@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·3 days agoTo ward off mammalian herbivores, because birds can spread their seeds over a wider area. So the task was successfully failed.
minus-squareDeceptichum@quokk.aulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-23 days agoWe breed and distribute those plants, spreading their genes further and wider than ever before. We actively decrease the squids gene-pool, as we only take from them. One’s a winner, one’s a loser.
Just like plants evolving capsacain to ward off herbivores. Now they get farmed for it.
To ward off mammalian herbivores, because birds can spread their seeds over a wider area. So the task was successfully failed.
We breed and distribute those plants, spreading their genes further and wider than ever before.
We actively decrease the squids gene-pool, as we only take from them.
One’s a winner, one’s a loser.