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TIL: ferns have sperm that swims (www.thoughtco.com)

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A fern is a plant. A plant is supposed to get pollinated by bees and whatnot. Yet ferns have sperm swimming around and fertilizing the lady-bits of other fern.

Mind blown.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Truly interesting, isn’t it? Even cooler is that more ‘modern’ flowering plants do the same thing, but they have truncated and miniaturized the haploid phase so it is completely dependent on the diploid sporophyte.

Don’t get me started on mosses. I have to go to work!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I would like to subscribe to your moss facts newsletter

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Did you know that Richard Ayoade, who played Moss in 'the IT-crowd' debuted on tv in 'Garth Marenghi's Darkplace'?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

That is technically on topic, so well done!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Ok but what if we want to know more about mosses