We are the Children of Flowers

by Captain Paul Watson

Two hundred million years ago during the Triassic period, the world changed dramatically. Prior to the Triassic, the landscape was a somber and endless panorama of green and brown, of plants that struggled to survive and reproduce with only the wind and water to spread their pollen.

To survive and flourish, plants evolved a wondrously beautiful way to reproduce by harnessing the bodies of animals to spread their seed. This created an intimate interdependence between animals and plants.

This was the evolution of the Angiosperm, the flowering plant, and the beginning of millions of years of seduction of animals that resulted in the flowering fruit bearing plants that today are the most dominant members of the plant family.

Flowering plants are the mothers of the modern animal world.

The emergence of flowering plants began the evolution of animals that could adapt to a permanent partnership with the plant world.

It was a mutually beneficial relationship. Animals assist with the reproduction needs of plants by spreading pollen and seeds and plants rewarding animals with sugary fruits.

This interdependence is the reason that humans, plants, and most other animals exist today.

The sex lives of plants involves a partnership between plants and insects, birds and mammals, so much so that most species of plants and animals cannot survive without each other.

To seduce animals, plants evolved to produce flowers and fruit. The flowers are the seduction to enable them to exchange pollen and the fruits are the reward for spreading the seeds.

The seduction involves color and smell, and the distribution of seeds relies on taste and texture.

This amazing interspecies sexual relationship led to competition amongst the plants to be as beautifully seductive as possible by exhibiting an attractive appearance and producing an alluring perfume.

Plants are not trying to seduce other plants. They are very much fixated on the seduction of animals.

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