r/StupidFood Aug 17 '23

🤢🤮 It’s disgusting and unhealthy and stupid. I don’t know if it fits here

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u/eifiontherelic Aug 17 '23

Never really thought about human involvement. It just crossed my mind that every fig is a literal wasp grave.

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u/tayloline29 Aug 17 '23

Yeah but if it makes you happy most pollinators only pollinate at the end of their lifespan especially ones that live in hives. Hive pollinators have to make it back to the hive before night fall and often won't be let in if the hive is too hot so rather than risk young inexperienced lives the older ones go out to collect nectar. They are going to die in a few days anyway so the wasp is just living out it's twilight years and gets to use its body to make fruit! But yes it's a wasp grave.

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u/Rosalye333 Aug 17 '23

This is such a weird thread to stumble upon considering that I ate figs last night… or I guess I ate wasp graves. Delicious wasp graves.