self-defence deez nuts
self-defence deez nuts
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Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa. Every time I see this meme or versions of it I die a thousand times. Mushrooms are the penises of fungus who jizz peacefully in the wind. They WANT to be eaten. Spores travel far.
Psilocybin, if anything, is probably adapted to be attractive to other animals.
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Moreover, eating the mushroom isn't even hurting the original organism. It's pretty vestigial once the spores have found a way to get out.
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Then why are there also extremely poisonous mushrooms?
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Just like peppers, a sort of odd evolution when humans come into play.
Peppers devolved capsaicin to keep mammalian herbivores from eating them and grinding the seeds up. Birds have no capsaicin receptors, happily poop whole seeds everywhere.
Along come humans. "Let's grown and refine that shit!"
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I've been using one of the hottest sauces I've had in a long time. It's called Satan Revenge made with ghost peppers. I'm in so much pain when and after eating it. It's good stuff.
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jokes on you I'm into that shit
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“Science“
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Human: I outsmarted every plant with this MO; no toxic plant can defeat me.
Manchineel Tree: Challenge accepted.
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Or they produce it exactly because animals are entertained by it to spread its spores. Or it's random. Or who the hell knows. 🤷♂️
Reminded me of this.
These things usually aren't random. It takes energy for the organism to make it, so there's usually some evolutionary advantage.
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/02/180227115548.htm
Scientists. Scientists are who knows.
These conflict.
I could see that being really bad for something that size.