Wednesday, November 13, 2013

Weird Nature!!

The plant world is one of the most diverse branch of biology. It is amazing some of the colours, scents, mechanisms and adaptation that they come up with. For example, some flowers such as the orchid, the  Ophrys speculum, have this mechanism in where it mimics the female bee in shape and feel of body and in scent of pheromones, to attract the male bee. The male bee receives this come hither signal and lands on the orchid, gets a STIMULATING high, and goes away with a load of pollen stuck to its body ready to transfer to another flower with out knowing he was having RELATIONS with a plant!! Can you imagine?!! Now gents aren't you glad you are not that bee? Enjoy nature y'all, it can be very entertaining and insightful.

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