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Why do plants provide animals with fruits such as strawberries, apples, and mangoes?

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For seed transfer. If an animal gathers fruit and eats it or just carries it away for later consumption, it will move the seed further away from the parent plant. That way, the new plants do not take from the parent plant's resources.

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