I never knew birds were immune until I got pet parrots, they love eating jalapeños, seeds and all, same with those little red Thai peppers. It doesn't bother them, but then they give me spicy kisses and it burns
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feed them a carolina reaper so they turn into flying bioweapons
Flaming peckers
Worst porn ever.
I thought the new theory is that capsaicin is for discouraging mold and fungal growth.
Whoa, I had no idea! And apparently the research is being done at the best university in the world. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/chemical-warfare-peppers-fight-fungus/
I thought it was to facilitate the spread of seeds, by giving the eaters a loose and runny stomach, passing relatively quickly through the digestive tract.
Scientists applying evopsych to inanimate objects?
Depends on your how wrong your definition of inanimate is. Plants are alive and evolve. No psych motivations needed.
could be both
It also kills insects!
My grandma carried fresh jalapeno peppers in her purse for years so when she went out to eat she had something spicy too. That's the story of how I ended up eating jalapenos with every meal.