• Don Piano@feddit.org
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    14 hours ago

    No, pollen is actually more like a separate generation of the plant, a (micro)gametophyte. They are whole organisms that produce sperm when certain conditions are met.

    So it’s a whole bunch of organisms just waiting to get sperm out, hanging out in your nose

    • Aniki@feddit.org
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      10 hours ago

      yeah technically animal sperm is “a whole separate generation” as well, just that that generation only produces single-celled organisms!