plants want you to eat their fruit!

[Guest guest]

Who has ever wondered why plants evolved fruits?

Are fruits just a delivery package for propagating

seeds, or are they just for us to eat? Well, the answer

is a mix of both:<br><br>Fruits are a delivery

package for propagating seeds, so that the plant may

spread it's progeny. But why has the package been made

so visually appealing, fragrant, delicious, and

nutritious? Specifically because in nature, the

animals<br>(including us) have a symbiotic relationship with the plant

kingdom. The relationship is both beneficial and necessary

to both animals and plants. The plants need for

their seeds to be scattered beyond their immediate

vicinity. This wide broadcast is necessary for continued

survival of a plant specie. It ensures that the seeds will

be introduced into a wide variety of environments,

some of which will harbor ideal environmental

conditions for the growth of that plant! Animals need for

the plant kingdom to provide food for them, which

will meet all of their biological needs. Plants

evolved their fruits, as a fleshy covering over their

seeds, with a two-fold purpose, where animals are

concerned. First,<br>the colors, fragrances, and tastes are

meant to attract the animals (again, including us), to

eat them! In this way, the plants are assured of

having their seeds broadcast far and wide, limited only

by the environments to which humans or<br>other

animals can adapt! Second, it would not make sense in

this symbiotic relationship between plants and animals

for the animals to be poorly nourished...eventually

they would be unhealthy and unable to scatter the

seeds for the plants. So instead, the plants

concentrate vital nutrients in the fruits with which they

attract animals. It is in their interest to do so! It is

in the best interest of animals to eat the fruits

and scatter their seeds, for this ensures a

continuing supply of food upon which to survive! The

survival of the entire animal kingdom is dependent upon

this<br>process, for even the carnivores ultimately eat plant

eaters, who eat plants! So you can see, the continued

health and existence of both plants and animals are

dependent upon this symbiotic relationship.<br><br>Seen

from a different perspective, the plants want us to

eat their fruits! They are meant specifically for us!

They are also the only food that upon being eaten,

does not cause a life form to die, or interfere with

the process of<br>reproduction, either of plants or

animals! Seen in this light, for those individuals who

believe in the concept of " karma " , fruits can be seen as

the only food for humans or animals, which is

completely " karma-free " !<br><br>Habib

[Guest guest]

Plants are just so smart for evolving that way!

Perhaps they are smarter than people. :^ & gt;<br><br>Here

are two more good reasons to thank the next plant you

see. <br><br>First, as most people know, plants take

in the CO2 that we animals produce and then the

plants produce oxygen as a by product of their processes

for our benefit. <br><br>Second, only plants are able

to extract and use minerals from the soil. Animals

cannot benefit from eating dirt and the minerals in

supplements found in the “health” stores are very poorly used

in our bodies because they are “inorganic”. But when

the plant grows and assimilates the inorganic

minerals from the soil it produces “organic” mineral

structures in its cells. When we eat plants we are consuming

highly usable “organic” minerals. The plants don’t have

to contain high concentrations of minerals because

what it does have is highly usable by us. Eating the

inorganic minerals just burdens our bodies as it tries to

rid itself of the excessive minerals it can not

use.<br><br>No more plant life means no more life for us

animals. We are very dependent on them. Eating their fruit

is the least we can do to “thank” them. And I’m

going to thank a few nice oranges tomorrow

morning.<br><br>Habib, thanks for your informative post and welcome to

our “little” club. <br><br>-OrionsDad