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pain plant (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
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[–] [email protected] 2 points 28 minutes ago

Why is the chili wearing a cape? Or is that... hair?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 38 minutes ago (3 children)

Butt also go Brrr after eating to much spicy

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 minutes ago

Nope, pretty much just the mouth, over here, no butt or tummy brrr-ing.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 15 minutes ago

Feature

[–] [email protected] 2 points 27 minutes ago

You get to enjoy spicy food twice.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

HUMANS: Hey peppers, we like what you're doing, a-

PEPPERS: HOW‽‽ IT'S SUPPOSED TO HURT Y-

HUMANS: -nd we wanted to produce as many of you as we can in a controlled environment.

PEPPERS: ... Blinks in disbelief Go on...?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 31 minutes ago

Well, not all of you. We'll massacre and purge your more moderate siblings and cousins, but we really like YOU, so we're gonna clone you as much as we can.

You're welcome.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

I will never understand the attraction. I sometimes find Ketchup too spicy.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 19 minutes ago

Some people just like the pain. I don’t mind it spicy, but the flavor is more important to me.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago

Plant: "I will let you feel pain". Humans: "Jokes on you, I'm into that shit"

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 day ago

It's funny if you think about it: Plant makes chemical (capsaicin) to help it thrive > humans love the painful spice, start growing and propagating peppers > Peppers spread grow like crazy. Evolution working exactly as it should

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Does anyone have an explanation for why they would evolve to prevent being eaten by mammals? I would think having mammals help spread their seeds would be beneficial?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 hours ago

Adding to the other responses, birds have simple digestion systems and the seed makes it into the poop, which birds do in flight so the seed will spread. Mammals digestive systems would destroy the seeds before they can spread

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago

Birds eat them without feeling the heat. And they can spread seeds more effectively as you can imagine.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 day ago

Found the answer myself. Protects against fungal attacks. Also birds don't have the same receptors to capsaicin.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago

If not delicious then why delicious shaped?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago

It's sort of what happens though. A plant gets a defense mechanism, it becomes more abundant, something will target that abundant food source.

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