Post #1629352
2026-03-18 22:34 UTC
@benroyce Lookit, we eat absolutely weird stuff, plenty of it extremely unpleasant until several elaborate transformations (looking at you, olives). That birds have figured out how to harness poisons to their advantage isn’t a surprise.
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@benroyce@mastodon.social 2026-03-18 22:44
@wendinoakland if we anthropomorphized plants they would be flabbergasted by humans plants developed capsaicin to set the mouths of mammals eating it on fire as punishment it seems like a foolproof devastating repellant. the plant must be proud but no one mammal, humans, *like* the mouth fire crazier, this was not detrimental to the plant, but rewarding. humans began cultivating it. even *increasing* the burn you poison us. you cause us pain we love you for it. and ask for more