Cows Pollinate


How? One Flower Adaptation and Why?

Cows lick the flowers. As a cow moves from one flower to another, the pollen that sticks to their tongue is transported to the next flower. Stems would have to be thicker and sepals would have to support the flower to prevent cow licking from ruining the flowers.

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Cows fly and land on the flowers. The pollen sticks to the cow and spreads from one cow landing to another. The stems would be shaped like springs. These springs would help push the cow back into the air and prevent the plant from being crushed.

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Cows would walk through the fields and pick up pollen on their legs. As the cows moved through the field pollen would spread from flower to flower. If cows were the only pollinators, then the flowers would only grow near cow pastures. To have flowers grow in places other than cow pastures, the flowers roots would have to be connected by an underground tube system. When these underground tubes would meet other underground tubes from other cow pastures, the tubes would rise through the soil and make flowers.