▲ 580 ▼ spoopy figs (thelemmy.club) submitted 6 months ago by fossilesque@mander.xyz to c/science_memes@mander.xyz 177 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] definitely_AI@feddit.online 90 points 6 months ago (6 children) Nature is so fucking WEEEEIRD permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] denaggels@feddit.org 2 points 6 months ago (5 children) Actually it's not. This is 100% human fault. Fig trees and fig wasps from the same (natural) area do not have this problem. When (I believe California?) imported a ton of trees and wasps to cultivate giant fig farms, they just didn't care that the wasps they got would die during pollination. It was a known issue, that just got ignored. Completely preventable. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] definitely_AI@feddit.online 20 points 6 months ago (1 child) Nature is not weird? What that person described is not weird? It's weird. You cannot convince me nature is not weird. Because nature is so fucking WEEEEEEIRDDDD permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] denaggels@feddit.org 4 points 6 months ago Fair permalink fedilink source parent [–] protist@retrofed.com 12 points 6 months ago You're just plain wrong. Figs and fig wasps have been coevolving for millions of years, and this is just how these species of fig and wasp evolved. Lots of animals have evolved to die after they reproduce. This is nature and has nothing to do with commercial fig growers permalink fedilink source parent [–] TriplePlaid@wetshav.ing 6 points 6 months ago What problem do you mean? The blastophaga psenes wasps in Turkey die during pollination just like the blastophaga psenes wasps in California do. Here is more information about how figs (and fig wasps) came to be cultivated in the US. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Poxlox@lemmy.world 1 point 6 months ago Is this a joke??? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] denaggels@feddit.org 2 points 6 months ago (5 children) Actually it's not. This is 100% human fault. Fig trees and fig wasps from the same (natural) area do not have this problem. When (I believe California?) imported a ton of trees and wasps to cultivate giant fig farms, they just didn't care that the wasps they got would die during pollination. It was a known issue, that just got ignored. Completely preventable. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] definitely_AI@feddit.online 20 points 6 months ago (1 child) Nature is not weird? What that person described is not weird? It's weird. You cannot convince me nature is not weird. Because nature is so fucking WEEEEEEIRDDDD permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] denaggels@feddit.org 4 points 6 months ago Fair permalink fedilink source parent [–] protist@retrofed.com 12 points 6 months ago You're just plain wrong. Figs and fig wasps have been coevolving for millions of years, and this is just how these species of fig and wasp evolved. Lots of animals have evolved to die after they reproduce. This is nature and has nothing to do with commercial fig growers permalink fedilink source parent [–] TriplePlaid@wetshav.ing 6 points 6 months ago What problem do you mean? The blastophaga psenes wasps in Turkey die during pollination just like the blastophaga psenes wasps in California do. Here is more information about how figs (and fig wasps) came to be cultivated in the US. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Poxlox@lemmy.world 1 point 6 months ago Is this a joke??? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] definitely_AI@feddit.online 20 points 6 months ago (1 child) Nature is not weird? What that person described is not weird? It's weird. You cannot convince me nature is not weird. Because nature is so fucking WEEEEEEIRDDDD permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] denaggels@feddit.org 4 points 6 months ago Fair permalink fedilink source parent
[–] protist@retrofed.com 12 points 6 months ago You're just plain wrong. Figs and fig wasps have been coevolving for millions of years, and this is just how these species of fig and wasp evolved. Lots of animals have evolved to die after they reproduce. This is nature and has nothing to do with commercial fig growers permalink fedilink source parent
[–] TriplePlaid@wetshav.ing 6 points 6 months ago What problem do you mean? The blastophaga psenes wasps in Turkey die during pollination just like the blastophaga psenes wasps in California do. Here is more information about how figs (and fig wasps) came to be cultivated in the US. permalink fedilink source parent
