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[–] [email protected] 17 points 8 months ago (1 children)

It's about tiny percents.

A bird will land on a flower.

A bird will not land on a bird.

So every one in a million time a bird mistakes a flower for a bird, that's a flower that survives.

All you have to do is wait a couple million years for the odds to turn in the bird flower's favor.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago (1 children)

...But birds pollinate flowers. How is a bird not landing on this (particular, too) flower going to help it survive?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Maybe they're tree scarecrows to keep bugs away

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Sir, I believe those would be scarebugs.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

If they keep bugs away then I'll take a dozen.