NONE@lemmy.world to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 9 days ago"Jokes on you, I'm into that shit"lemmy.worldimagemessage-square21fedilinkarrow-up1503arrow-down112
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minus-squareBallShapedMan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up28arrow-down1·9 days agoI saw a video saying that this was so that birds would eat instead of mammals. Something about spreading out further.
minus-squareshalafi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up32·9 days agoYep! Only mammals have the nerve receptors to feel the heat. Herbivores grind the seeds up. Plants don’t want that. Birds, who can’t sense the heat, happily eat the pods and poop the seeds everywhere.
minus-squarekbal@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up10·9 days agoHas anyone checked for correlation between having a taste for capsaicin and not chewing your food thoroughly?
minus-squareSpruceBringsteen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·9 days agoShut up I just eat fast.
I saw a video saying that this was so that birds would eat instead of mammals. Something about spreading out further.
Yep!
Only mammals have the nerve receptors to feel the heat.
Herbivores grind the seeds up. Plants don’t want that.
Birds, who can’t sense the heat, happily eat the pods and poop the seeds everywhere.
Has anyone checked for correlation between having a taste for capsaicin and not chewing your food thoroughly?
Shut up I just eat fast.