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Re:Largest-ever study of controversial pesticides finds harm... by tomp on Sunday July 02, 2017 @06:54PM (#14684740)
Another weird and fascinating co-evolution of plants ant their pollinators is the genus Ficus (e.g. edible fig plants). The tiny wasps that pollinate the fruit actually die inside it, while a new generation is hatched, mates, then the males burrow a tunnel out of the fig and die, why females continue the cycle.
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Re:Largest-ever study of controversial pesticides finds harm... by _delirium on Sunday July 02, 2017 @10:20PM (#14685481)
While true in terms of how they initially evolved, in terms of how they are cultivated, figs don't necessarily require pollination by wasps (or at all). Parthenocarpy, the bearing of fruit without pollination, was probably first cultivated in fig trees thousands of years ago, and is still common today. Some fig cultivars do require pollination to bear fruit, but many don't.
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Re:Largest-ever study of controversial pesticides finds harm... by chjohasbrouck on Monday July 03, 2017 @04:20AM (#14686736)
> While true ...

This just broke my brain.

I think it's time for me to go to bed...

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Re:Largest-ever study of controversial pesticides finds harm... by dEnigma on Monday July 03, 2017 @08:11AM (#14687662)
How can you go to bed if you're still stuck in the loop?
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Re:Largest-ever study of controversial pesticides finds harm... by jschwartzi on Monday July 03, 2017 @09:40AM (#14688142)
Luckily he had his watchdog timer enabled, and so was able to detect the tight loop and soft reset.
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Re:Largest-ever study of controversial pesticides finds harm... by thecrazyone on Monday July 03, 2017 @06:32AM (#14687247)
good one, I skipped right past not even noticing it.

It's so amazing that we all think differently :)

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