randude101
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In the whole scheme of things there was Adam and Eve.
Their kids moved to different parts of the world.
One family was carried by a bird to the sea where it drifted to a tropical place with volcanic soil. The season were wet or dry, but the length of sunlight varied little. The wind blew it hard, the rain beat it down, the sun cooked it. The babies with the fatter leaves didn't last from this extreme weather. Through the course of several generations only the thinner traits could last and through evolution the plants adapted to the environment.
The other family got caught by another animal that was eating it. It roamed to high ground to sleep in the winter and in it's feces the seed was planted a cooler place, a place with seasons and less rain or wind. The fatter leaves could survive, the denser buds didn't rot or mold. Through the course of many generations it evolved to a plant suited for it's environment.
So a man comes to the place in the tropics and takes a plant that has evolved there for centuries. He takes the plant to his home up north in the high ground and wonders why it dies.
Their kids moved to different parts of the world.
One family was carried by a bird to the sea where it drifted to a tropical place with volcanic soil. The season were wet or dry, but the length of sunlight varied little. The wind blew it hard, the rain beat it down, the sun cooked it. The babies with the fatter leaves didn't last from this extreme weather. Through the course of several generations only the thinner traits could last and through evolution the plants adapted to the environment.
The other family got caught by another animal that was eating it. It roamed to high ground to sleep in the winter and in it's feces the seed was planted a cooler place, a place with seasons and less rain or wind. The fatter leaves could survive, the denser buds didn't rot or mold. Through the course of many generations it evolved to a plant suited for it's environment.
So a man comes to the place in the tropics and takes a plant that has evolved there for centuries. He takes the plant to his home up north in the high ground and wonders why it dies.