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When plants are allowed to evolve without fear, they get scrupulously and flamboyantly specific. Take the Hibiscadelphus genus, for example. Found only in Hawai‘i, these plants have long tubular flowers, custom-made to fit the hooked beak of the honeycreeper, the precise bird that pollinates them.
The Light Eaters: How the Unseen World of Plant Intelligence Offers a New Understanding of Life on Earth
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