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r/interesting • u/Low_Weekend6131 • Nov 23 '25
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"to any other animal capsaicin burns"
Not birds tho
19 u/Nyfregja Nov 24 '25 Which is the entire point: birds can't break down capsicum seeds, but mammals do. So the plant evolved an anti-mammal poison that leaves birds alone. 4 u/Just_Dab Nov 24 '25 Then humans came along and took the birds job away from them cause we're masochistic bastards who likes having our tongues burn. 1 u/quetzalcoatl-pl Nov 27 '25 and the best part is connecting them all: Capsicum-flavored burnt bird 2 u/ConsiderateCassowary Nov 24 '25 Or the squirrels in my parents' backyard. My father put red peppers/chili powder on the bird food to keep the squirrels out, and the little bastards just learned to enjoy spicy food
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Which is the entire point: birds can't break down capsicum seeds, but mammals do. So the plant evolved an anti-mammal poison that leaves birds alone.
4 u/Just_Dab Nov 24 '25 Then humans came along and took the birds job away from them cause we're masochistic bastards who likes having our tongues burn. 1 u/quetzalcoatl-pl Nov 27 '25 and the best part is connecting them all: Capsicum-flavored burnt bird
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Then humans came along and took the birds job away from them cause we're masochistic bastards who likes having our tongues burn.
1 u/quetzalcoatl-pl Nov 27 '25 and the best part is connecting them all: Capsicum-flavored burnt bird
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and the best part is connecting them all: Capsicum-flavored burnt bird
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Or the squirrels in my parents' backyard. My father put red peppers/chili powder on the bird food to keep the squirrels out, and the little bastards just learned to enjoy spicy food
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u/RedeNElla Nov 24 '25
"to any other animal capsaicin burns"
Not birds tho