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Why do hooked seeds spread better than seeds without hooks

User Tobias Timm
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Answer:

they can get farther and can reach down farther to get the best soil

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Step-by-step explanation:

Seed has been designed with all sorts of hooks, barbs and sticky gels to provide a good hold on free transportation. ... The seeds' small silky hairs provide feathery parachutes, so a good wind or a good blow can send out for quite some distance.

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