Is it Orchid or Insect?
Certain orchids mimic female insects so perfectly that male pollinators are deceived into ensuring pollination. These deceptions are too precise to be explained by chance. Image: Cryptostylis leptochila, Geoff Derrin, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia...
Today's Creation Moment · Creation Moments Inc.
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Certain orchids mimic female insects so perfectly that male pollinators are deceived into ensuring pollination. These deceptions are too precise to be explained by chance.
Image: Cryptostylis leptochila, Geoff Derrin, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.