People are amazed by this “hummingbird” flower
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">An Australian plant has shocked people due to the uncanny resemblance of a hummingbird.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">It has Aussies surprised as the plant appears to have a beak, wings and tail, but the hummingbird is not native to Australia.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Many debated whether or not the plant mimicked the hummingbird via evolution.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“How is this even possible?” one said.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Looks like something out of the movie, Annihilation,” another claimed.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">A different person questioned if it was just a “freakish coincidence”.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The plant is known as a green birdflower.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">However, University of Melbourne evolutionary ecologist Dr Michael Whitehead told </span><a href="https://au.news.yahoo.com/native-flower-found-western-australia-resembles-hummingbird-070447544.html"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Yahoo News Australia</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> that the plant only looks like a hummingbird to humans.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“There’s no real compelling reason why we should expect them to evolve to appear like birds,” he said.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“It’s very unlikely anything not human would actually see them as a bird.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“It’s easy for humans to see patterns and resemblance.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Dr Whitehead said that the plants suffered from being torn up due to small animals like mice biting through the flowers and feeding on the nectar, but this doesn’t contribute to the shape.</span></p>
