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submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Still a good joke as we're mammals, but peppers's spice is so that birds, and not mammals, eat their seeds and poop them out far away as birds aren't bothered by capsaicin.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 8 months ago (3 children)

lending purpose to an evolutionary trait is a mistake. It is possibly that mechanism by which they attained some degree of success, but evolution doesn't 'think' unless youre into predeterminism like that.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Totally. Perhaps a better way to phrase it would be, the successful result of the adaptation was that birds spread their seeds instead of mammals. Until us.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

the correct response to mine may be 'why crabs then?' to which i have no response xD

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

Birds going to their local Mexican and complaining that the 'Anus Scorcher Tacos' are too bland