Venkatesh Rao Retweeted jmr
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jmr @jm_rein
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Often they have defenses against being eaten by the _wrong_ animal (or at the wrong time). Like with chillies, mammals eating them destroys the seeds - that's why chillies evolved to be so spicy. But birds are unaffected by the capsaicin, and disperse the seeds just fine.
8:28 AM - 24 Aug 2020
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