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.
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henfredemars@infosec.pub 4 months ago
Question: if I buy figs commercially, will they contain dead wasps? Or, is this something that only happens naturally?
Flyberius@hexbear.net 4 months ago
zero_spelled_with_an_ecks@programming.dev 4 months ago
No. Different fig.
BurningTurtle@feddit.org 4 months ago
By the time the fig gets to you, the wasp would long have been digested/dissolved by the plant.
Krauerking@lemy.lol 4 months ago
Seriously, can not overstate how weird figs are.
The_Che_Banana@beehaw.org 4 months ago
All I know is my dog got really, really fat after we bought the house with the fig tree
CptEnder@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Wat
fossilesque@mander.xyz 4 months ago
Figs, dude.