Flowers ‘giving up’ on scarce insects and evolving to self-pollinate, say scientists
French wild pansies are producing smaller flowers and less nectar than 20 to 30 years ago in ‘startling’ act of evolution, study shows
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mods : this may belong in "culture but my esteemed colleagues have made this the defining issue of our generation. i'd rather not talk about this at all, but here goes .....
in much of nature procreation occurs by transferring male material from one flower to the female material in another. sex, therefore , requires a massage de trois with a consenting insect.
well, that is a problem. since "silent spring" the number of available insects has decreased to the point of endangering some species.
darwin , of course, has a plan. the incel plants are evolving into self pollinators. a behavior not previously seen in pansies. what if similar biological changes are occurring near a high school gym class, mysteriously inspiring the former "boys" to join the girl's track team ............
