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"Jokes on you, I'm into that shit" (lemmy.world)
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[–] BallShapedMan 26 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I saw a video saying that this was so that birds would eat instead of mammals. Something about spreading out further.

[–] shalafi 29 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Yep!

Only mammals have the nerve receptors to feel the heat.

Herbivores grind the seeds up. Plants don't want that.

Birds, who can't sense the heat, happily eat the pods and poop the seeds everywhere.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Has anyone checked for correlation between having a taste for capsaicin and not chewing your food thoroughly?

[–] SpruceBringsteen 17 points 3 days ago

Shut up I just eat fast.