Plants “Evolve” to Produce Fruit Colors that Attract Certain Animals

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By Ken Ham

A recent CBC news story caught my eye (that may be because the monkey in the article’s first picture is not going for the bananas, or that I was thinking I would make sure to thoroughly wash any of those fruits the monkey was walking over before eating). But it seems that researchers studying plants in Uganda and Madagascar have found that plants seem to produce fruits in colors matching what the local animals that eat them can easily see.

There are various types of plants which are similar in both countries, even though they are over 1,000 miles apart …read more

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