in nature most colorful things are venomous / poisonous, why are flowers so colorful but still harmless?
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They are all colorful for the same adaptive reason: to be noticable. Dangerous things stand out so they won’t be attacked/eaten (because other creatures are genetically or conditionally programmed to avoid them) and flowers stand out so they will be visited by pollinators (because they can be recognized as sources of nectar through the same mechanisms). It is the same adaptive advantage (obvious and distinctive visual cue), just used in different ways.
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