I think this a great idea Cory but your commentary about dandelions is incorrect. Plants do show the same care for offspring that animals, for instance, do; we just aren't used to the patterns or pace with which they do it. I know it is common to see plants with mammalian influenced eyes but it tends to distort how the natural world is perceived. (Or as Jagadis Bose the nobel prize winning plant researcher commented: "Just because they don't possess a central ganglion is no reason to assume they aren't sentient.")
I, in my book Lost Language of Plants, and a number of other writers, have detailed plant caring in depth. But you are correct in that dandelions are generous in the giveaway. Plants do tend to be a lot more generous than mammals.
I think this a great idea Cory but your commentary about dandelions is incorrect. Plants do show the same care for offspring that animals, for instance, do; we just aren't used to the patterns or pace with which they do it. I know it is common to see plants with mammalian influenced eyes but it tends to distort how the natural world is perceived. (Or as Jagadis Bose the nobel prize winning plant researcher commented: "Just because they don't possess a central ganglion is no reason to assume they aren't sentient.")
I, in my book Lost Language of Plants, and a number of other writers, have detailed plant caring in depth. But you are correct in that dandelions are generous in the giveaway. Plants do tend to be a lot more generous than mammals.