Why do hot pepper plants exist? Wouldn’t it have been an evolutionary disadvantage to have fruits that were painful for animals to eat?

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Why do hot pepper plants exist? Wouldn’t it have been an evolutionary disadvantage to have fruits that were painful for animals to eat?

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besides what others have said; many hot peppers are a product of selective breeding by humans and not naturally occurring (at the current levels of spice/heat)

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