There are nettles, and there are false nettles that look very similar to nettles when not in flower. Given that the plants can’t see each other to imitate, how did the false (non-harmful) plant develop to be so visually similar to the harmful one?
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A plant looks a tiny bit like a nettle.
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That plant’s children are all a bit different, and by chance some look a bit more like nettles.
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the ones that look the most like nettles aren’t eaten and have their own children.
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Repeat a lot for false nettles.
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