Ugly brute really, isn’t he (if you don’t mind me saying!)? Perfectly engineerd though , no doubt to ensure the maximum possibility of cross-pollination – but I am sure you can tell me the proper biological reason for the beards.
Beauty is in the eye of….As you asked the beard is the land strip for the pollinators.
Thought it would be something like that – thanks for enlightening me!
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Ugly brute really, isn’t he (if you don’t mind me saying!)? Perfectly engineerd though , no doubt to ensure the maximum possibility of cross-pollination – but I am sure you can tell me the proper biological reason for the beards.
Beauty is in the eye of….As you asked the beard is the land strip for the pollinators.
Thought it would be something like that – thanks for enlightening me!