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🌿🦖 Are plants of the dinosaur age poisonous or defensive?

🌿🦖 Plants of the dinosaur age.

Is it toxic or defensive?

Time to talk about the dinosaur era.

We often focus on giant animals.

But forget that

Behind All Life

Is "plant."

The question is,

Plants of that era were dormant, easy to eat.

Or is there a way to protect yourself?

The answer is

There are, of course - and some are worse than thought.

🌿 1️⃣ thorns and rigid structures.

Many groups of plants of that era

Such as ferns, cycus and ancient pines.

With a hard card

Sharp edges

Or a very sticky structure.

For herbivorous dinosaurs.

Eating is not as easy as chewing grass.

It is grinding coarse material.

That may make the teeth feel very fast

🧪 2️⃣ chemical defense

Even we can't "taste" ancient plants.

But according to modern plant studies,

Found that.

Most plants.

Producing chemicals to protect against herbivores, e.g.

• Bitter substance

• Toxic

• Difficult to digest

Ancient plants

It is highly likely to have the same mechanism.

🦷 3️⃣ evolution retaliated.

When plants develop defenses,

Herbivores also have to adapt.

Many species of herbivorous dinosaurs

There are a lot of teeth.

And a complex occlusion system.

This could be the result of

Evolutionary competition

Between plants and herbivores.

🌸 4️⃣ Cretaceous = Flower Plant Revolution

The late dinosaur era.

Flower plants are becoming widespread.

Many flower plants

There are complex chemicals.

To prevent insects and herbivores.

This change

It may affect the diet of some groups of dinosaurs.

🌍 Plants are not weak.

We might think

Giant dinosaur

Rule the world

But plants determine the conditions of life.

If the plant doesn't exist,

The food chain collapsed.

So...

Plants themselves have to develop.

To survive, too.

🧠 The dinosaur-era world is a quiet field of play.

Not just fangs and claws.

That constantly evolves.

But leaves.

Thorn

And chemicals in plants.

Also developed.

This is a voiceless war.

But there are millions of years.

✨ Conclusion

Plants in the Age of Dinosaurs

Didn't stand waiting to be eaten only

It's self-defense.

Retaliate

And push animals to adapt.

The ancient world

It's not just about giant animals.

But is competition.

Between all life on Earth.

# Dinosaur

# Ancient plants

# Evolution

# Science is easy to understand

# The ancient world

# Lemon 8 knowledge

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