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[-] kratoz29@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 month ago

Grasses are angiosperms and rely on bugs to reproduce

Even mosquitoes? Please tell me we can live without them.

[-] racketlauncher831@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 month ago

You dislike mosquitos all you want. Some species rely on them. There's always something. They exist for a reason.

Alternatively you can just install screen doors, wear long sleeves, and use mosquito repellent.

[-] unique_hemp@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 1 month ago

They exist because they reproduce faster than they die. The fact that they are necessary for some other species is irrelavant to their existance. Such a claim only really makes sense for plants and animals that people farm.

[-] OneWomanCreamTeam@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago

Some male mosquitoes pollinate flowering plants, but most grasses don't make flowers so grasses atleast probably don't rely on mosquitoes. But who knows, I'm not a grass-ologist.

[-] grue@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

Grass does make flowers; they're just typically really small (unless it's something we've bred to be big, like corn or wheat).

For example, bermudagrass in flower:

[-] OneWomanCreamTeam@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 weeks ago

Fuck, I was right: I'm really not a grass-ologist

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