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Unless its a poached animal, or rare ground truffles
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The spiciness is to protect from animals that aren't birds. Birds don't have capsaicin receptors and poop out the seeds whole, allowing them to spread.
Other animals chew and digest seeds, so aren't ideal candidates to propagate the plants.
Jokes on them though. Humans love spicy food and grow them willingly. >

Jokes on us. The most successful creatures on the planet are those we consume and farm...
Avocado would be extinct if humans didn't cultivate it. (Would be extinct because we killed the hosts, but that's not the point)
Wheat, maze, rice, rye, and so on, are not exactly in danger of going extinct.
Gorilla, smart and strong? Almost extinct. Lions, big and ferocious? Critically endangered. Cows, big and delicious? Population: 2 billion.
I am sure peppers have a great time >

I love the story of avocados because the animal that ate and propagated them before us was like an 8 foot sloth. >

And we propagate them trough farming. They propagated them trough their ass >

Their species is now planted and grown in large quantities by humans. So really, as far as propagation goes, this is an evolutionary win. >

And humans work hard to make sure the plants thrive and are protected from predatory pests.
Like all cultivated crops and domesticated animals, peppers have managed to secure the world’s top predator as their personal guard. Not bad. >

Well on the other hand, we plant them so much because of this, so i guess its an evolutionary win!\^\^ >

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