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olav

@futurebird figs and fig wasps have worked together so long millions of years) that they're entirely co-dependent that every fig species has its own wasp species, and they need each other to reproduce

But it's worth saying that your fig newtons don't have wasps. Domesticated figs reproduce asexually, so there's no fig/wasp pairing.
Otoh imported figs, there is a requirement limiting how many wasp bodies per fig. I'd have to look up the number

foodunfolded.com/article/figs-

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Aaron

@olav @futurebird Fascinating and delicious!

I'm looking forward to the fig tree in my back yard recovering from the terrible extended deep freeze we had a couple of winters ago. They are so good fresh off the tree.

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