Are there really dead wasps in figs? - Carolyn Beans
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DownloadIn 2023, a US grocer recalled over 10,000 cases of broccoli cheddar soup
over concerns they contained too much of an unintended ingredient.
That ingredient? Bugs.
We know insects regularly come into contact with our food—
but how many are you actually eating? And is it okay?
Let’s start with an extreme example:
figs and their conspicuously close bond with certain bugs.
Around 80 million years ago, wasps started pollinating figs.
And today, each of the approximately 750 fig tree species
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Key Vocabulary (21)
Used to show that someone or something is not present, not included, or not being used. It describes a lack or absence of a person, object, or action.
Describes something that happens often or is found in many places. It can also describe something that is shared by two or more people or groups.
A species is a group of living organisms consisting of similar individuals capable of exchanging genes or interbreeding. It is the basic unit of biological classification and taxonomic rank in the hierarchy of living things.
Grammar in This Video
"the outcome being either more wasps or more figs."
"Wasps get involved when a female fig wasp full of eggs follows odor cues"
"there are approximately 750 fig tree species"
"If it’s a caprifig, the wasp deposits her eggs into the flowers’ ovaries, then d..."
"Next, the males dig exit pathways they never use themselves"
"Instead of developing seeds, those flower ovaries turn into galls"
"Its breeding system, called gynodioecy, is seen in less than 1% of flowering pla..."
"Female wasps don’t know which kind of fig they’re entering"
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