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When life gives ya lemons. (mander.xyz)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/science_memes@mander.xyz
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[–] 15 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Also, not all animals experience sour taste in the same way. For example rats actually love eating lemons! There are literally guides online on how to stop them!

https://pestcontrolweekly.net/how-to-stop-rats-from-eating-lemons/

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago

    you don't even need to resort to other animals, lots of humans are fucked and will happily suck on a lemon wedge with 0 indication that it's remotely sour

    like, i enjoy sour stuff, but if i touch my tongue to a raw lemon my entire face inverts

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Same goes for chilli peppers, which aren't hot for birds, since their receptors are incompatible

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Cool Thing about that is that the theory is that it was selected for exactly to ward off non birds so that only birds eat it and the seeds go further!

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    Woah. Imagine the first spicy plant. The mammals stay away from it, but the birds still eat it. They then bring the plant to a place where the plant doesn't exist yet. Plant flourishes. Repeat.

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