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[-] orphiebaby@lemm.ee 48 points 1 year ago

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

[-] Hawk@lemmy.dbzer0.com 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.

[-] orphiebaby@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

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

Wow you're right.

It's more like "look at this blossom that looks a bit like a bird" rather than "look at this type of tree that makes bird-like blossoms".

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