If we want to believe the evil alien theory, viruses might actually fit the bill better than plants, with fungi as a possible unlikely second.
There is one type of virus that you can not convince me isn't some kind of mechanical device. Other viruses and bacteria look organic; but bacteriophage look straight up like man-made robots.
I just looked up some images out of curiosity and you aren't lying. It looks like a little spider/robot/drone thing with the sole purpose of injecting it's syringe full of DNA into things. Thanks for the rabbit hole.
This is by far my favorite answer.
Fungi scare me
If it makes you feel better, we descend from fungi.
If we want to believe the evil alien theory, viruses might actually fit the bill better than plants, with fungi as a possible unlikely second.
There is one type of virus that you can not convince me isn't some kind of mechanical device. Other viruses and bacteria look organic; but bacteriophage look straight up like man-made robots.
I just looked up some images out of curiosity and you aren't lying. It looks like a little spider/robot/drone thing with the sole purpose of injecting it's syringe full of DNA into things. Thanks for the rabbit hole.
This is by far my favorite answer.
Fungi scare me
If it makes you feel better, we descend from fungi.