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Fruit Types and Seed Dispersal

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A fruit's structure matches its dispersal strategy: fleshy fruits attract animals that eat and excrete seeds elsewhere; dry fruits disperse by wind.

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A cherry's flesh rewards an animal that disperses its seed in droppings; a maple's winged fruit spins on wind.

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A fruit's fleshiness signals dispersal strategy, not edibility — many fleshy fruits are toxic to some animals.