pollination
"Wind pollination is like junk mail. Pollinating insects are like FedEx "
"If the gymnosperm and angiosperm varieties of pollination were compared to marketing campaigns, gymnosperm reproduction would involve the client (i.e., the gymnosperms themselves) investing maximum capital for minimal returns. In a very real sense, gymnosperm pollination is like the marketing of a company that bombards a neighborhood with leaflets, such that advertising rapidly becomes another form of trash simply to be swept up and thrown away."
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