whats with apples

d_hat

Why do apple trees grow apples?

Do you think they aware of large animals that will eat the apples and throw away the butt, in doing so, spreading their seed for them? So that would make them very cunning in the way they think. yes/no? if they are that clever should we respect their feelings or what?

Or are they just programmed to grow apples and don’t know dick? But then who or what programmed them in the first place? And if they were and there was/is someone/thing doing this stuff for us are they just toying with us? How can we trust them if they never show their self’s to us, what is it they are hiding? so many why's and whats....

or maybe you know another reason why they might grow apples, so lets hear it :ninja:


Water is alien to this earth


d_hat

Shinji

or maybe you know another reason why they might grow apples

Two, in fact. Firstly, when an apple rots, it provides a fertile bed for the seed inside to germinate within.

Secondly, and more importantly, apples are edible for large omnivores and herbivores, which consume them and then pass the seeds undisturbed through their bodies. If you eat an apple whole, without throwing away the core, the seeds won't be damaged by your digestive system and will pass right through - which isn't much use to the apple tree if you proceed to dump it into a city sewerage system, but in nature, this helps the tree by spreading the seeds a long way from the host tree. Plus, animal dung also makes good germination bedding for a seed.



.... Plant biology 101 on the After Hours board, I /must/ be bored this evening

WhiteWashMan

Originally posted by Shinji
Two, in fact. Firstly, when an apple rots, it provides a fertile bed for the seed inside to germinate within.

Secondly, and more importantly, apples are edible for large omnivores and herbivores, which consume them and then pass the seeds undisturbed through their bodies. If you eat an apple whole, without throwing away the core, the seeds won't be damaged by your digestive system and will pass right through - which isn't much use to the apple tree if you proceed to dump it into a city sewerage system, but in nature, this helps the tree by spreading the seeds a long way from the host tree. Plus, animal dung also makes good germination bedding for a seed.



.... Plant biology 101 on the After Hours board, I /must/ be bored this evening

wheres shinji.....................



....................and what have you done with him?

Gordon

Originally posted by d_hat
Why do apple trees grow apples?

Well, they'd look pretty silly growing dolphins wouldn't they?

Mercury_Tilt

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Gordon

Hmm, but then where would we get our tuna fish from?

mooman_00

Originally posted by Gordon
Hmm, but then where would we get our tuna fish from?

Tuna fish perhaps??

Gordon

Originally posted by mooman_00
Tuna fish perhaps??

What an absurd concept.

Antisocialiser

Or are they just programmed

Concept - real life btw dunno where you can download it at


Gah* apple trees programmed eh wtf

Sauron

I don't know what ur idea was when postin' this thread....(especially in after hours) and I'm quite worried...
but im bored and I'll just play along.
apple trees, like many other plants/trees adapt to the enviroment wit their own way of spreading the seeds (so I suppose they know what they are doing), they spread them using animals. they produce fruit knowing the animal will eat them and travel far from the tree and sh!t the seeds out in a different place.they do this cause if they didn't, the seeds would grow right beside the tree and eventually they area would be too crowded.
(when u think about it, they're pretty smart)
[glow=2]PHEW[/glow]
sorry I shouldn't have typed that , all it did was remind me of school and work:(

The Sweeper

Does that mean if I ctrl-alt-del my cherry tree it'll grow apples?

Sangre

No, it will re-germinate.

Tails

Originally posted by d_hat


Water is alien to this earth

To hell with the apple trees THIS is the great debate:)

Caesar_Bojangle

Water is alien to this earth

holy sh1t, i drink water :eek: so that must mean i'm consorting with aliens. Damn you E.T

Mossy Monk

leave ET alone. blame Alf

xen

Alf is back in Pog Form i beleive!

amp

Originally posted by d_hat
Water is alien to this earth

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d_hat

hi

I don't know what ur idea was when postin' this thread....(especially in after hours)

thanks for playing along, i just wanted to see what reply i'd get, some very funny jokes, some good points, and some missed it,
where should i have posted it, i don't know where it should be posted, thats to say if it was to be posted at all

TomTom

I may be flamed for this, But why is water alien to this earth?

Is there another earth?
Where did water come from in the first place?
I like apples btw and i think they look fine on trees.