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[-] [email protected] 98 points 1 year ago

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.

[-] [email protected] 44 points 1 year ago

What's funny is how absurd this is. Most flowers don't look like birds and they're fine.

[-] [email protected] 30 points 1 year ago

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.

[-] [email protected] 35 points 1 year ago

looks at user name

Sounds like something a BIRD would say!

[-] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Squaaawk, you got me!

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I don't think photoshop is needed to find the right flowers and photograph at the right angle.

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