TIL: ferns have sperm that swims (www.thoughtco.com)

submitted 2 years ago by cizra@lemm.ee to c/mildlyinteresting@lemmy.world

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A fern is a plant. A plant is supposed to get pollinated by bees and whatnot. Yet ferns have sperm swimming around and fertilizing the lady-bits of other fern.

Mind blown.

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[-] meyotch@slrpnk.net 6 points 2 years ago

Truly interesting, isn’t it? Even cooler is that more ‘modern’ flowering plants do the same thing, but they have truncated and miniaturized the haploid phase so it is completely dependent on the diploid sporophyte.

Don’t get me started on mosses. I have to go to work!

[-] PlasticExistence@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

I would like to subscribe to your moss facts newsletter

[-] Akasazh@feddit.nl 4 points 2 years ago

Did you know that Richard Ayoade, who played Moss in 'the IT-crowd' debuted on tv in 'Garth Marenghi's Darkplace'?

[-] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Ok but what if we want to know more about mosses

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