What’s this now?
You got some explaining to do!
Shhhh. It’s ok. You have fresh breath now.
Mint, peppers, and caffeine, the holy trinity of “plant defenses that did not work on humans.”
Also, don´t forget THC
THC is a heat shock defence. The fact it has such an effect on us is purely coincidental.
It used to also be insect deterrent but since we’ve bred cannabis to have so much lovely THC that the globules are too large and dry to work. But that’s ok because cannabis has domesticated humans enough that we’ve invented climate controlled hothouses to grow them in.
Yes, that is one of the possible explanations for trichomes. However, In literature there are several potential reasons for cannabis producing THC listed, some of them are:
-deterring certain insect and other herbivores -Anti-microbial effects -UV light protection
Claiming that heat shock defense is the only reason seems like a simplification, considering that scientists are still researching the matter.
Hallucinogens, nicotine, caffeine, all evolved for plant defense and all of them are used recreationally.
Cilantro: best I can do is 20%.
Lol pls.
That’s the r-rated version.
The true trinity is nicotine, cocaine and opiates.
And also,
“Animals are something invented by plants to move seeds around. An extremely yang solution to a peculiar problem which they faced.”
— Terence McKenna
On the other hand, being useful to humans have made them some of the most widespread and successful plant species on the planet.
Being useful to humans is the single most important factor in evolutionary success rates.
Sure, there’s 8 billion of us, but we collectively KILL 30 billion chickens every year, and there’s always more of those fuckers.
Will humanity ever get rid of chickens???
Hawaii hasn’t been able to get them off of one island so… No
Wait, are you telling me that Hawaii has wild chickens? Are we gonna have a Chicken War, like Australia did with Emus?
If you go to Honolulu you’ll see them wandering on the streets. They’re all over the place. I think they’re seen as a nuisance? I dunno I thought they were charming.
Grass: is useless
Humans: “Growing a nutritionally useless plant demonstrates that Im so wealthy I can afford to waste arable land”
Grass: is now one of the dominant species on earth
We made grains from grass. If you let most grasses get tall enough to seed, they look like green wheat.
Also I’m not certain, but wheat and corn may give grass a run for their money in acreage cover, if you count the wheat and corn as a single species, but count each specific grass separately.
“Can you make me spicy as fuck so no creatures want to eat me?”
“OK bruv flawless plan.”
And it would have worked flawlessly if it weren’t for humans, the single most metal species to have ever graced this planet, that likes to subject itself to mild and moderate suffering for amusement and recreational purposes.
Also humans: Imma smoke you too
“But little sis nature know that man loves to SUFFER”
A highly adaptative strategy. The plan failed very successfully.
