#like i knew figs were pollenated by wasps that laid their eggs in the figs but wtf
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lost in the sauce of learning the full story of the fig wasp
will almost certainly post what i'm now learning here once i recover from learning it
this fucking planet is so godsdamn weird
#like i knew figs were pollenated by wasps that laid their eggs in the figs but wtf#wasps and bees and ants are all basically the same animal in much the same way that dolphins and whales are basically the same animal#ants actually evolved from wasps#and i am 100% fascinated by the ants and wasps and bees my gods they have their little feet in everything#they ranch they farm they enslave they war they inject their eggs in spiders and their larva eat their way out#jeweled wasps inject behavior altering drugs into a very SPECIFIC PART of a cockroach brain...#gods i just started to fact check what i was about to say and got caught up in new details about jewel wasps#lost in the wasp sauce#oh no even before i could post this i've become rabbit holed over the first insects to evolve and the possibility of a single common ancest
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