Plants Can’t Talk. But Some Fruits Say ‘Eat Me’ To..

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“Over millions of years of natural selection, these plants have developed ways to communicate with animals through their fruits, new research suggests, saying something like “choose me.” With traits evolved to match each animal’s sensory capacities or physical abilities, fruits can signal dinner time in the jungle, and further their plant’s survival as a species.”



Two national parks in Uganda and Madagascar presented researchers with a natural experiment to understand how plants have adapted to appeal to animals that spread their seeds.

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/09/science/fruit-color-evolu..

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