Plants are really quite astonishing things – over time, they have developed all sorts of rather clever and interesting strategies for reproduction which makes our little mammal dance seem rather tame by comparison:
— Ferns, which reproduce through spores (with the help of droplets of water).
— Plants which grow their own little plantlets, which then break off and root themselves when they get to the ground.
— Plants which have flowers with both male and female parts and allow anything from insects to bats to move the boy stuff onto the girl stuff. Plants which have flowers which if they get hit or jostled become fertilized. And then they form seeds which fall to the ground, sprout and off you go. (more…)
