Peeing on Plants: An Evolutionary Survival Trait Explained

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Dogs and other animals exhibit the behavior of urinating on plants, trees, and similar objects primarily as a means of scent-marking their territory. This instinctual behavior serves multiple purposes, including communication with other animals regarding age, sex, and reproductive status. The act of urination can also be viewed as an evolutionary survival trait, where the nutrients in urine may benefit the plants, indirectly supporting the ecosystem. However, the primary motivation for this behavior is territorial marking rather than any direct benefit to the plants themselves.
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Why do dogs and other creatures wee (me included) around plants, trees and anything resembling a lamp-post? ... methinks there is some hard-wired behavioural jobs a-go-go here.

If peeing on plants is an evolutionary survival trait ... one in which, said veg gets lashings of nutriment ... further up the 'chain', aniimals like us feed on the re-integrated faeces/disgusting bladder flush, to allow us to survive. It all makes perfect sense.
 
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