if fruit is sweet to encourage animals to eat it and carry the seeds away from the parent tree, how do lemons and limes fit into this mix?

Question

if fruit is sweet to encourage animals to eat it and carry the seeds away from the parent tree, how do lemons and limes fit into this mix?

In: Biology

Answer 1

Animals taste often isn’t the same as humans. I’m not sure what animals eat citrus fruit in the wild, but the probably don’t mind the sour. Lemon and limes to have some sugar, though the sour overwhelms that for humans.

I do know that birds aren’t bothered by capsaicin and can eat the seeds of even the hottest peppers.