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[–] egrets 8 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (6 children)

Pollen kind of is analogous to semen in a very broad sense, though, in as much as the pollen grain produces (rather than carries) sperm and delivers it to the ovule, right? It's not the same when examined closely, but that's the point of analogies. Grainy semen.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Right but the poofy dandelions aren't pollen they're seeds.

[–] egrets 5 points 1 week ago

Sure, but OP's image says:

hell, pollen isn't analogous to sperm,

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