are there people who dont know that flowers turn into seeds (which in the case of fruit, the fruit itself contains the seeds)
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There are a shocking number of people out there who are so far removed from touching grass that they literally have no idea about this kind of stuff. People who think a factory made the fruit they see on grocery store shelves.
You're telling me berry hens aren't a thing? Next you're gonna tell me some bullshit like chocolate milk doesn't come from brown cows.
like chocolate milk doesn’t come from brown cows.
Wait....wut...???
You should have said “how now?”
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Some people are underprivileged and grow up in inner city neighborhoods where they have no access to reliable transportation to wilderness areas or even urban greenspace. It's not always a "touch grass" situation.
Me, I grew up eating dirt and berries that I was pretty sure weren't poisonous. I didn't believe in washing my hands too much because I thought it would weaken my immune system.
The thing is, being familiar with nature didn't help me navigate social situations. Someone who grew up in a city and has never seen a real forest is probably wayyy better adjusted and socially-integrated than I'll ever be...
My grown ass colleague, 26 years old, thought store bought beef is made from industrial process from chemicals and only local butcher shops cut animals. I only learned that after working 4 years with him when we got to really talking about why I'm vegan. He thought since supermarket meat is from chemicals, my point of being vegan was moot.
So I won't be surprised there are guys out there that don't know how fruit is made.
Touching grass makes a botanist?
Being around plants will help you understand plants better, yes. It won't make you a botanist ... but it doesn't take a botanist to tell that buds become flowers and then become berries.
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I know how fruit/most plants work but I've never seen the stages of this particular berry laid out this way. Thought it was cool looking...
I am the opposite. Things just like this make me happy for understanding them. I want to know how everything works. It's so gratifying and interesting.
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I read an article several years ago that was arguing that blackberry plants should be classed as carnivores. The idea sounds absolutely absurd, but the more you squint at it, the more sense it makes. Blackberry bushes grow incredibly dense thickets of brambles, and those brambles snag and don't let go easily. Shepherds in areas with blackberry bushes often have to rescue sheep that eat the blackberries and get stuck in the brambles. If they don't get rescued, they'll eventually die and decompose, thus adding a bunch of nitrogen and other useful chemicals to the soil which cause the plant to become larger and healthier.
So while they don't actively kill creatures like the venus fly trap or pitcher plants, they do grow in a way that can trap and kill animals, and they benefit hugely from the nutrients those animals provide.
Who are you who is so wise in the ways of science?
my name is Tim
Fish don't exist.
No, they do exist. It's just that everything is fish.
In a way, we are all fish.
Hiccups.
Seriously. Google it.
Pretty cool concept, thanks for sharing.
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I appreciate whoever took the time to find enough berries and pre-berries, and then arranged them so nicely
You probably can have half of these on the same bush. Our blackberry bushes constantly had fresh ripe ones for months. They dont all grow in sync. So then you just need a late and an early bloomer and you can have all of them.
my question is how did they preserve the earlier stages long enough to still look good? i feel like i've never seen a blackberry bush with good looking flowers and fruit at the same time
It might be shopped. Take a picture at each stage, then arrange them all on a background.
Oh that's a good point
Maybe it's a farm or greenhouse with plants in different stages of growth?
What you need is a whole bramble! Ive never seen a blackberry bush as such, but an entire wall of plants? Yes. They'll continue to produce steadily for weeks/months.
New flowers and berries can still be growing while some are fully grown, especially if part of the plant is in shade but not all of it.
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Every day I realize how education has progressively failed us in the United States over the years since I left school.
Repeated budget cuts and restrictions tend to do that, yeah. Hell even when I was in school I saw them cutting education, saw half of this coming and got called crazy for it.
dammit i know it won't be ripe for another month and a half and you're gonna make me go check the berry bush
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that picture is funky because it gives the impression there's like 20 stages..there's only 5 stages for the plant, with 2 of them being directly related to the berry. (yes I'm aware that the plant growth is related to berry growth..)
flowering, and fruiting. the rest is plant growth.
Academic mindset. I am sure there is a good rationale behind the 5 stages. But please remember nature is not discrete, the qualia overlap. We could recognize any number of stages.
This is what people mean when they say "touch grass"
Spending a lot of time outdoors as a kid then seeing this pic is kinda…yeah that’s how it works. Plus back in the day Discovery and other educational channels were actually educational, so you could learn about stuff you might not get to personally see.
People stay indoors and the Discovery Channel makes crap like Ice Road Truckers.
Yeah.
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Well, what did you expect?
Exactly. Like yes, this is cool, no doubt, but if a person truly had to stop and think about how this plant grew beyond just a quick knee-jerk reaction, surely this would have to be the logical conclusion... right?
I don't think it's intuitive that fruit comes from flowers. I think that's something you have to observe or learn, otherwise you'd think fruit and flowers are separate things
Berry hen to just lay them every day.
2 sperm per sweet. Simple as.
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