The flower that creates fake flies

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The South African daisy creates a complicated structure on its petals which resembles a female fly. Male flies who see it try to mate with it, unsuccessfully, but the plant gains a pollen spreader. The plant uses 3 sets of genes to create the fake fly.

 

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