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Amazing what millions of years of evolution will come up with.

From watching the bee feed on this flower it seemed pretty clear to me that the flower has evolved a mechanism which allow a bee to "press" deep into the flower when it is feeding. When the bee pushes it's head into the flower, a "pad" on the flower pushes into the back of the bee allowing it to get some traction or possibly keeping it there longer -- maybe to pick up more pollen?

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