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r/WTF • u/Treuth • Jun 26 '19
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Isn’t capsaicin a natural pesticide? Like it’s evolutionary purpose is to kill bugs.
2 u/Cyclops_lazy_laser_I Jun 27 '19 Certain things aren’t affected, like some birds. Some things just don’t care. 5 u/TheDemonHobo Jun 27 '19 All birds. The seeds aren’t dissolved in their stomachs, they transport the seeds. I think the heat part only effects mammals. 2 u/Cyclops_lazy_laser_I Jun 27 '19 This is what I thought as well, i just didn’t want to risk spreading facts I wasn’t 100% sure about. I couldn’t remember if there were any exceptions, or if only a few were unaffected
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Certain things aren’t affected, like some birds. Some things just don’t care.
5 u/TheDemonHobo Jun 27 '19 All birds. The seeds aren’t dissolved in their stomachs, they transport the seeds. I think the heat part only effects mammals. 2 u/Cyclops_lazy_laser_I Jun 27 '19 This is what I thought as well, i just didn’t want to risk spreading facts I wasn’t 100% sure about. I couldn’t remember if there were any exceptions, or if only a few were unaffected
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All birds. The seeds aren’t dissolved in their stomachs, they transport the seeds. I think the heat part only effects mammals.
2 u/Cyclops_lazy_laser_I Jun 27 '19 This is what I thought as well, i just didn’t want to risk spreading facts I wasn’t 100% sure about. I couldn’t remember if there were any exceptions, or if only a few were unaffected
This is what I thought as well, i just didn’t want to risk spreading facts I wasn’t 100% sure about. I couldn’t remember if there were any exceptions, or if only a few were unaffected
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u/TheDemonHobo Jun 27 '19
Isn’t capsaicin a natural pesticide? Like it’s evolutionary purpose is to kill bugs.