ADAPTATION AND MEANS OF DISPERSAL
Nature has never concerned herself directly with providing means of
dispersal.—Fleshy fruits not made to be eaten.—Nor “sticky” seeds to
adhere to plumage.—Nor prickly fruits to entangle themselves in fur
and feathers.—The dispersal of seeds a blind result of the struggle
between the intruding Evolutionary power and the controlling influence
of Adaptation.
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