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Coffee plant: *evolves caffeine* Safe at last
Humans: ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
Why are we like this….
the fact that we can’t drink sea water even tho its the most common type of water just bc its 3% salt yet we can safely consume multiple forms of literal poison and even benefit from doing so just blows my fucking mind
Peppers: Now that I have capsaicin, no mammal will eat me! ONLY BIRDS. THE BIRDS WILL SPREAD MY SEEDS.
Humans: oh my god this burns so good
Peppers: wut
poppies: at last, i have evolved my sap to the point where anything that eats me will sleep… FOREVER
humans who are about to invent painkillers: hey guess what
tobacco: finally i can grow in peace, no more insects munching on my leaves.
humans holding matches: my, my, what do we have here?
Mint: Stay off me bugs or I’ll poison you!
Humans: Yeah I’m gonna need to put this poison in my dessert and mix it with chocolate.
That said, look how many pepper plants, tobacco plants, mint plants, coffee plants, etc, there are.
Being liked by humans is actually a dang good survival strategy for a plant species.
You basically just summed up Michael Pollan’s “The Botany of Desire” in a few sentences.