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from fossilesque@mander.xyz to science_memes@mander.xyz on 25 Jun 10:39
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Zehzin@lemmy.world on 25 Jun 12:10 next collapse

Like Tony, all male wasps die

henfredemars@infosec.pub on 25 Jun 13:01 next collapse

Question: if I buy figs commercially, will they contain dead wasps? Or, is this something that only happens naturally?

BurningTurtle@feddit.org on 25 Jun 13:11 next collapse

By the time the fig gets to you, the wasp would long have been digested/dissolved by the plant.

Krauerking@lemy.lol on 25 Jun 14:15 next collapse

Seriously, can not overstate how weird figs are.

The_Che_Banana@beehaw.org on 25 Jun 17:59 collapse

All I know is my dog got really, really fat after we bought the house with the fig tree

CptEnder@lemmy.world on 25 Jun 15:07 collapse

Wat

fossilesque@mander.xyz on 25 Jun 17:06 collapse

Figs, dude.

Flyberius@hexbear.net on 25 Jun 14:30 next collapse

As far as I know it isn’t actually something that happens with the figs we eat. I think it is a specific type of fig and a specific wasp that does this.

Also, the wasp in question is absolutely tiny.

zero_spelled_with_an_ecks@programming.dev on 26 Jun 04:37 collapse

No. Different fig.

hasnt_seen_goonies@lemmy.world on 25 Jun 14:49 collapse

This post has a very good title OP

01101000_01101001@mander.xyz on 25 Jun 18:11 collapse

The title was the best part