Breaking down material such as rocks and wood
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In my personal opinion, yes, this is a pretty typical behavior of human beings. I'd say it's naturalistic in a way.
The production of gemmae is a widespread means of asexual reproduction in both liverworts and mosses. In liverworts such as Marchantia, the flattened plant body or thallus is a haploid gametophyte with gemma cups scattered about its upper surface. The gemma cups are cup-like structures containing gemmae.
It affects how they have to adapt to the environment that is changing. They have to find other food sense that food will have to adapt. Animals will probably get a different coat of fur to adapt to the weather...
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