They dont. It just happens that natural selection favored flowers that looked vaguely bird like and over time, flowers that looked more and more like a bird outcompeted the ones that looked less like one.
“Appear to look like”…
I wonder what they look like if you manage to ignore the appearances.
Looks fake as hell. I’d be more afraid of falling for stuff like this. Cute as a Photoshop challenge though
How do you know it’s not a bird trying to look like a plant? Y’know to evade predators and all…
There are a lot of weird flowers out there
Evolution is wonderfull
The lizard vine is a fake
The fruit is, but not the plant, scientific name: Tetrastigma voinieranum, common names: Chestnut Vine, Lizard Vine, Wild Grape
Why are people so unfathomably dumb, like, I’m afraid.