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croes on Nov 23, 2021 | parent | context | favorite | on: The World's Deadliest Thing

Evolution doesn't need purpose. As long as a feature doesn't reduce the survival rate, it remains in place. The toxicity could just be a side effect of the spores durability and longevity.

aerostable_slug on Nov 23, 2021 [–]

Exactly. See also, cats & sweet flavors:

https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=476655...

A defective gene resulted in No Big Deal to a very successful class of animals.

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