Question 08/01

DANDELION SEED

Dandelion (Taraxacum Officinale) is a nice yellow flower (see left picture) which produces a seed-head (center picture) full of seeds (right picture) which are "well adapted" to be flown by wind to large distances. Give a quantitative evaluation of the "design" of the seed. In what sense it is "optimal"? (Or, maybe, it is not optimal?)

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