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[–] [email protected] 9 points 8 months ago (3 children)

What's the apparent evolutionary purpose for developing caffeine?

[–] [email protected] 11 points 8 months ago (2 children)

A really bitter tasting pesticide essentially.

Us mammals coming along recently has changed some things.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago

Or hot peppers...

Peppers: Mammals no eat, only birds!

Humans: Hold my rotten peach, I'ma set my tongue on fire lolz

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

Roasty caffeine 😁. Mmmmmm...

[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Same as nicotine. It keeps insects away

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

Iirc it slows down a type of caterpillars who eat the leaves and makes them smell yummier to predators but i don't remember where i saw it

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago (1 children)

That's a good question tbh. If I remember correctly, the effects on other animals (was it insects?) is very different from ours.

[–] Dhs92 7 points 8 months ago

It's toxic to insects, so it's a natural pesticide iirc