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Originally Posted by Dorothy
I think it's mother nature at her best 
Same question applies to the Psychopsis orchid that mimics the look of a butterfly and other orchids who mimic the visual form of the insects that pollinate them .. How do they do that? How do they know what they look like? 
It's all a mystery to me and something that I have pondered  |
They don't know. Its just that a long time ago, one of them had a mutation that made it look a bit more like the end result (as it stands now, evolution continues after all) just happened to be something that worked better. It worked so well that nature kept the design.
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All that is gold does not glitter,
Not all those who wander are lost;
The old that is strong does not wither,
Deep roots are not reached by the frost.
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