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| + | How flowers have transformed our planet. He journeys to the remote islands of the South Pacific to track down the earliest flowers. In the deserts of Africa and rainforests of Vietnam, he sees how they brought brilliant colour to the most barren landscapes and sculpted the earth itself. And he learns how they drove the evolution of all animals - | ||
| - | [[project groworld]] | + | Bees evolved from carnivorous wasps that had turned their backs on meat in favour of pollen and nectar. As they evolved they became perfectly adapted to collect pollen from flowers. Their whole bodies became covered in hair, so that the pollen would stick to them when they landed on flowers. They developed their special antennae to smell out nectar. Their sophisticated compound eyes – each made up of up to 6000 tiny lenses, were prefect at spotting the flowers. Many flowers have markings on them which are only visible in UV light. Humans aren’t able to see these markings but bees have a bundle of light-sensitive cells to detect UV light. |
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