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[–] [email protected] 94 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Counterpoint; those plants are now cultivated in huge numbers, thus ensuring the successful and continued propogation of their genetic legacies.

From an evolutionary perspective, those defences worked too well.

[–] mods_are_assholes 18 points 10 months ago

Literally no quality will guarantee a species survival in the modern world more than being delicious to humans.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 10 months ago (1 children)

But I bet we have vastly reduced their generic diversity so if humans disappear they will have more issues to survive without us.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

Mint would take over continents if humans left. Ask any gardener.