Mon, 08 May 2006
Fruit is for the birds
Susanna related an interesting idea this morning over breakfast...
When we grow fruit we go to extraordinary lengths to prevent birds from eating them. We're really fighting mother nature when we do this because the fruit is there precisely for the reason of attracting birds. Plants have evolved to produce fruit that is attractive to birds. The birds then eat the fruit, moving the plant's seeds to other places, inadvertently aiding the plant's reproductive process.
Most growers get upset when birds eat "their" fruit. The fruit isn't really meant for us in the first place.