04-23-2017, 11:43 PM
There are no male or female trees. Nor are there male or female parts(technically) since plants operate under a different basis, that was simply a layman's explanation since most folks won't have to go farther than that. The pistil and "ovary" share almost no similarities to mamal reproduction except appearance (And latin use), and many biologists have been trying to change the misconceptions that it's "just like mammalian reproduction" since this was set. But the fact is that ovary is latin (obviously based off the latin ovum) and simply means egg carrier. Called the same as in other reproduction, means people will make the mistake of assumption. Overall, calling pollen plant sperm is only correct up to the point you start thinking about it. It doesn't actually hold up with any additional knowledge beyond being a joke to poke fun at queasy folks who haven't done any research.
My science teacher blew up a glass beaker with pottassium and set off a stink bomb in class under "controlled conditions", though it leaked through the room anyways. Whew. Also had a frog during class that we were dissecting end up being hollowed out, finding a dead rat inside that had eaten the frog's innards. So there's that. Scared classmates at one point because the low levity I treated a dead cat with while we were dissecting it. Had to use my bare hands to pull back the ribs after splitting the cartilage, classmate I was working with nearly vomited. And i'm supposed to be the one with a weak stomach.
My science teacher blew up a glass beaker with pottassium and set off a stink bomb in class under "controlled conditions", though it leaked through the room anyways. Whew. Also had a frog during class that we were dissecting end up being hollowed out, finding a dead rat inside that had eaten the frog's innards. So there's that. Scared classmates at one point because the low levity I treated a dead cat with while we were dissecting it. Had to use my bare hands to pull back the ribs after splitting the cartilage, classmate I was working with nearly vomited. And i'm supposed to be the one with a weak stomach.