The whole Creation was tweaked after the fall of mankind:
Plants: ...cursed is the ground for thy sake; .... Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field; Genesis 3:17,18
Animals: And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed .... upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life: Genesis 3:14
Humans: Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; Genesis 3:16
Apparently He gave each plant, animal & human a defense mechanism in the fallen world. Below is an example within clovers.
"Clovers come in a wide variety of sizes, and some of them hold interesting surprises. Plant biologists have been studying one trait in particular, and it keeps showing up—or disappearing—in peculiar patterns. Do these patterns illustrate evolutionary changes or does something entirely different switch off this trait?
The trait under scrutiny involves clover-leaf tissue that releases cyanide when crushed. If an insect begins munching, it gets a mouthful of bad taste—not enough to kill, but enough to deter the eater from its clover feast.
The plants use an ingenious system to deploy this poison, only when needed, while protecting their own tissues. Under ordinary conditions, cyanide is safely bonded to sugar molecules that are sequestered in secure pockets inside each plant cell. The enzyme that separates the cyanide from its sugar lies outside that pocket. When an insect chews the clover leaves, the cyanide-sugars and enzymes mix—like bending and shaking a plastic glow stick—and this releases the poisonous cyanide concoction." ICR
Plants: ...cursed is the ground for thy sake; .... Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field; Genesis 3:17,18
Animals: And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed .... upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life: Genesis 3:14
Humans: Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; Genesis 3:16
Apparently He gave each plant, animal & human a defense mechanism in the fallen world. Below is an example within clovers.
"Clovers come in a wide variety of sizes, and some of them hold interesting surprises. Plant biologists have been studying one trait in particular, and it keeps showing up—or disappearing—in peculiar patterns. Do these patterns illustrate evolutionary changes or does something entirely different switch off this trait?
The plants use an ingenious system to deploy this poison, only when needed, while protecting their own tissues. Under ordinary conditions, cyanide is safely bonded to sugar molecules that are sequestered in secure pockets inside each plant cell. The enzyme that separates the cyanide from its sugar lies outside that pocket. When an insect chews the clover leaves, the cyanide-sugars and enzymes mix—like bending and shaking a plastic glow stick—and this releases the poisonous cyanide concoction." ICR