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It does not require anything to help it--it can disperse its seeds by itself.

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If the animal ingests the seed then in the feces the seed has a fertilizer to start life with. Seeds ingested or stuck to animal hair can be dispersed long distances from the plant which increases the range and survivability of the plant.

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There are following advantages and disadvantages of seed disparsal.
1)First, seed survival is often higher away from the parent plant.
2)This higher survival may result from the actions of density-dependent seed and seedling predators and pathogens, which often target the high concentrations of seeds beneath adults.

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Seed dispersal from wind is considered to be an indirect way in which plants procreate. One of the benefits of seed dispersal from wind is that no other action is required for the plant to spread.

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further distance traveled by the seeds, avoid inbred-depression. expand gene pool

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A disadvantage to animals dispersing seeds is that the seeds may not end up in a place where they will be able to grow. Also, the animal may not always spread the seeds evenly.

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