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minus-squarexkforce@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up71arrow-down4·2 years agoThey dont. It just happens that natural selection favored flowers that looked vaguely bird like and over time, flowers that looked more and more like a bird outcompeted the ones that looked less like one.
minus-squareorphiebaby@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up34arrow-down3·2 years agoWhat’s funny is how absurd this is. Most flowers don’t look like birds and they’re fine.
minus-squareHawk@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21arrow-down1·2 years agoThis has nothing to do with natural selection. It’s just a coincidence that the buds very shortly and from a specific angle vaguely look like birds. Most of the images shared are probably photoshopped to enhance the effect too.
minus-squareorphiebaby@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·2 years agoI don’t think photoshop is needed to find the right flowers and photograph at the right angle.
minus-squareExocrinous@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 years agoRight, but what about the mimic plant? It mimicks whatever plant is near it. And it can mimic plastic plants. https://www.vox.com/down-to-earth/2022/11/30/23473062/plant-mimicry-boquila-trifoliolata
They dont. It just happens that natural selection favored flowers that looked vaguely bird like and over time, flowers that looked more and more like a bird outcompeted the ones that looked less like one.
What’s funny is how absurd this is. Most flowers don’t look like birds and they’re fine.
This has nothing to do with natural selection. It’s just a coincidence that the buds very shortly and from a specific angle vaguely look like birds.
Most of the images shared are probably photoshopped to enhance the effect too.
I don’t think photoshop is needed to find the right flowers and photograph at the right angle.
Right, but what about the mimic plant? It mimicks whatever plant is near it. And it can mimic plastic plants. https://www.vox.com/down-to-earth/2022/11/30/23473062/plant-mimicry-boquila-trifoliolata