Their most amazing survival trait is evolving to domesticate humans into protecting them and providing lush environments for them to thrive.
But on a serious note a lot of agricultural plants do not have any of those listed survival traits, not at least not to the extent that people will not use pesticides.
The problem is for us, not the plants. Nature will survive and adapt, but we make it difficult for ourselves foremost and the nature we try to preserve, whilst simultaneously doing everything to screw that over.
Imagine losing the genetic lottery so bad that survival of the fittest means getting eaten and having your killer shit your reproductive material out somewhere for your line to continue.
Plants have an amazing variety of ways to defend themselves. Thorns. Chemical warfare. Being really fucking big.
You think plants spent 1.2 billion years on earth and didnt adapt to predation?
Their most amazing survival trait is evolving to domesticate humans into protecting them and providing lush environments for them to thrive.
But on a serious note a lot of agricultural plants do not have any of those listed survival traits, not at least not to the extent that people will not use pesticides.
So cats are plants?
The problem is for us, not the plants. Nature will survive and adapt, but we make it difficult for ourselves foremost and the nature we try to preserve, whilst simultaneously doing everything to screw that over.
So our hypocrisy is the main culprit here.
Imagine losing the genetic lottery so bad that survival of the fittest means getting eaten and having your killer shit your reproductive material out somewhere for your line to continue.
Plenty of plants use this methods to spread their seeds tho. It’s just the fruit that gets eaten not the entire plant.