Funny thing, that.
Birds aren’t affected by capsaicin. On the other hand, birds can’t digest pepper seeds.
Rabbits and other mammals can digest the seeds, but tend to be repelled by the burn.
“Birds aren’t affected by capsaicin. On the other hand, birds can’t digest pepper seeds.
Rabbits and other mammals can digest the seeds, but tend to be repelled by the burn.”
Kind of the point, really. The birds spread the seeds unharmed, mammals would kill them, so the plant deters only the mammals.
Funny thing, that.
Birds aren’t affected by capsaicin. On the other hand, birds can’t digest pepper seeds.
Rabbits and other mammals can digest the seeds, but tend to be repelled by the burn.
“Birds aren’t affected by capsaicin. On the other hand, birds can’t digest pepper seeds.
Rabbits and other mammals can digest the seeds, but tend to be repelled by the burn.”
Kind of the point, really. The birds spread the seeds unharmed, mammals would kill them, so the plant deters only the mammals.
Clever little peppers!
Except for humans, of course. We’re masochists that way.