Ch3rry314 comments on This flower has evolved to look like a bee in the middle.

submitted 1 year ago by minkymunkey_7_7@lemmy.world to c/mildlyinteresting@lemmy.world

I think it's an orchid.

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[–] Ch3rry314@piefed.social 4 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Absolutely blows my mind that nature can do this. How does this flower know the shape and look of a bee?

[–] TheReanuKeeves@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago (1 child)

Evolution isn't changing into things that work. It's passing on genes that happen to work by chance.

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[–] Huschke@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Still a bit mind blowing though, wouldn't you agree?

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[–] taygaloocat@leminal.space 8 points 1 year ago

The closer it gets to looking like bee, the more it survive, slowly, only bee looking flowers come to be 🐝

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