#Animals eat them and then poop out the seeds somewhere else it helps disperse seeds

[cryptidcalling]

Watching a space exploration anime where the characters are stopping on unknown planets to forage, and I think knowing basic college-level ecology is making it less enjoyable to watch lol Like, watching these people hunt apex predators for food instead of collecting more fruits and vegetables and ignoring signs of obviously carnivorous plants is a little infuriating.

#They're in a desert with patches of very lush plant life but the groves are always full of animal remains #plus all the fruit they eat is SUPER delicious #So it's kinda obvious that the plants have evolved tasty fruit to draw in animals and then kill/eat them somehow #That's the whole reason plants grow tasty fruit #Animals eat them and then poop out the seeds somewhere else it helps disperse seeds #Plus a lot of berries are actually mildly poisonous to get the whole system moving a bit quicker #I dunno I just feel like ecology is an important thing to know about if ur going on a space camping mission #even if that mission gets derailed by being accidentally teleported into deep space lol