- Fact 1 : Brightly coloured and juicy fruits are often eaten by animals like birds.
- Fact 2 : The hard seeds inside these fruits pass out of the animal’s body in its droppings.
- Fact 3 : Examples would be blackberries, strawberries, raspberries and gooseberries.
- Fact 4 : Animals like squirrels and jays bury some nuts, ready to eat later.
- Fact 5 : These animals often forget where they have hidden their food, and some of these seeds can grow..
- Fact 6 : Some seeds and fruits have hooks that catch on the fur or feathers of animals or on people’s clothes.
- Fact 7 : If the seeds eventually drop off onto the soil, they may start to grow.
- Fact 8 : Examples would be goosegrass, burdock and wood avens.
- Fact 9 : The seeds may finish up a long way away from where they were created.
