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[-] shalafi@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year ago

As a hot pepper fanatic, I love this trivia:

Birds don't have receptors for capsaicin, the chemical that makes peppers hot. They could chow a bag of Moruga Scorpions with zero effect.

Evolution's idea being, birds will swallow the seeds whole, poop them all around. Mammals will chew them up and destroy the seeds, so they evolved a defense specifically against us.

[-] samus12345@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)
[-] VonCesaw@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

I mean, if it propagates its offspring in a way that allows seeds to spread, it's doing very well

[-] samus12345@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

Turns out that the best way to propagate is for humans to like eating you so they'll build entire farms to harvest you.

[-] Restaldt@lemm.ee 8 points 1 year ago

Ahh so Bananas are the true royalty of the world.

Farmed so much they became inbred and almost wiped out. More than once

[-] Fosheze@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Just like the Habsburgs.

[-] Zekas@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

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[-] Afghaniscran@feddit.uk 7 points 1 year ago

They get an A for effort. They just didn't expect us to be masochists.

[-] qyron@sopuli.xyz 4 points 1 year ago

As a species, we actively search for food items that are borderline toxic, for the fun of it and because it flavours our food.

[-] rockerface@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago

Humans can have a little pain, as a treat

[-] qyron@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 year ago

Funny how that works for so many.

this post was submitted on 29 Nov 2023
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