ekZepp@lemmy.world to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 2 days agoNothing to see here. Just a pine cone.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square37fedilinkarrow-up1840arrow-down13
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minus-square🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 @pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up80arrow-down1·2 days ago“Hey guys, check out what happens when you toss a pinecone in the fire!” chucks bird; bird screams; tries to fly off; sets woods on fire “Huh… Usually they just kinda pop…”
minus-squarewia@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up59arrow-down1·2 days agoBiologist here, that pinecone pop is always fun, cus it’s like unintentional biology lesson time when people do it. It’s by “design” (evolution) that they do that. So that the specific species can spread. It’s why fires are important for forests. Just you know not like 90 trillion fires in 1 summer…
“Hey guys, check out what happens when you toss a pinecone in the fire!”
chucks bird; bird screams; tries to fly off; sets woods on fire
“Huh… Usually they just kinda pop…”
Biologist here,
that pinecone pop is always fun, cus it’s like unintentional biology lesson time when people do it.
It’s by “design” (evolution) that they do that. So that the specific species can spread.
It’s why fires are important for forests. Just you know not like 90 trillion fires in 1 summer…
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