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minus-squareKyrgizion@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·6 days agoJust like plants evolving capsacain to ward off herbivores. Now they get farmed for it.
minus-squarebobo@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·6 days agoTo ward off mammalian herbivores, because birds can spread their seeds over a wider area. So the task was successfully failed.
minus-squareDeceptichum@quokk.aulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·edit-26 days agoWe breed and distribute those plants, spreading their genes further and wider than ever before. We actively decrease the squids gene-pool, as we only take from them. One’s a winner, one’s a loser.
minus-squarelowleekun@ani.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·6 days agoWe are the losers as we deplete everything we need to survive for some more of that sweet increase for shareholders.
Just like plants evolving capsacain to ward off herbivores. Now they get farmed for it.
To ward off mammalian herbivores, because birds can spread their seeds over a wider area. So the task was successfully failed.
We breed and distribute those plants, spreading their genes further and wider than ever before.
We actively decrease the squids gene-pool, as we only take from them.
One’s a winner, one’s a loser.
We are the losers as we deplete everything we need to survive for some more of that sweet increase for shareholders.