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You totally captured my first thought when I saw this picture with that title. It's cute how it's little feet are tucked up under it's body. You can even see all the pollen stuck to it, thus confirming it's central role as a pollinator. Fun fact: did you know pollen actually contains sperm and that many plants have eggs? When a plant is pollinated, either by itself or an unrelated individual, the pollen sticks to the stigma (that weird, tube-thing that often sticks out in the middle of a flower) due to the sticky residue on it's surface. Then, a tube extends from the pollen grain, down the stigma to the pistil, where the ovary of the plant is located, and fertilizes the eggs. In fact, the seed is the fertilized embryo of plants, just like the embryo or fetus of an animal, only way less gross. Plus, fruit is the ripened ovary of a plant; that's why there's seeds in them.