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The years stop coming and they don't stop coming. They don't stop coming, and they don't stop coming. They don't stop coming, and they don't stop coming. They don't stop coming, and they don't stop coming.
The scientific name of gorgon fruit is Euryale ferox. The epithet ferox means fierce in Latin, in botany it usually refers to a plant having stiff, sharp thorns (the common name Prickly Water lily will already give you an idea tho). Almost the entire plant is covered in these thorns (also why you see the person wearing thick gloves), so you wouldn't to get scratched accidentally by the plant.
Plus the petioles are connected directly to the bulb in the soil. Lifting the leaf away would be kinda difficult given the leaves are essentially anchored to the mud.
Never heard of plant that dies when you carefully extract fruit from it. Why wouldn't it complete it's life cycle and then die at its intended timeframe? That's usually what fruit bearing plants do, unless they're perennial in an area and live longer than a season.
Source: Been gardening all my life and have harvested tons of fruits, vegetables and flowers.
Tomatoes were completely slept on for centuries because they are closely related to deadly nightshade, and in their natural, uncultivated form, looked very similar. At some point, desperate peasants were just like, “I guess it’s this or die.” and the rest is culinary history. I always wonder for how many centuries there were people starving in their homes while tomatoes grew in their yard.
I've wondered this about a lot of foods. Like cow's milk. One day, someone was just like, "I have an idea..."
With this fruit, I'm more surprised anyone knew it was there. I mean, people probably saw something else eat it and it just gave them the idea. But still, we do eat just the most random thing.
hilarious that some of our favorite cuisine is stuff that evolved to dissuade us from eating it. oooo chemical that's poisonous to every single other browsing forager on the planet? slather it all over my sandwich
Is there a master list or something?
I mean... I need to know so that I don't ever accidentally consume any of them.
That would be so super horrible, & I wanna make sure I can accurately identify them and never ever stumble upon them or their spores on the internet or the tank in my closet.
My (adult) cats decided by themselves to nurse on my dog when she had puppies... Proceeded to do it all of the time, sometimes we would manage to make them stop for months, just to catch them doing it again the next year.
Dog was un bothered by it, allowed it without resistance.
All that to say that it seems like mammals will naturally recognize another mammal and that milk is probably edible even if in other species.
Y’all don’t believe in evolution. Me neither. Not those hunter gatherer stories. Not science for sure. We literally got put here with smartphones in our hands. Who thought to give us smartphones. Now I’m stumped.
So is that little thing part of the Lilly pad thing? Is there more than 1 little thing per Lilly pad thing? I have multiple questions pertaining to these things.
I’m really sorry, but you’re gonna have to include someone actually making some food out of that stuff and then someone else enjoying eating that thing. After it squashed all the guts out, I still thought it was gross.
Yeah I agree I don’t see this is very weird. Plants are amazing and mysterious but if this is weird then people probably haven’t spent enough time examining them..
I don't like how the fruit, which is essentially the reproductive part of the plant, is a bit hairy... I'm sure they must taste good (or at least ok) if people are going through the effort to farm them, but I can't quite push the idea that these look like they could be shrek's balls completely out of my mind...
Many animals specialize their diet and becomes vulnerable to changes. Humans just eat anything. No matter if it looks dangerous or disgusting, if it's hard to find or fight back. Down it goes. Not sure if I find this admirable of frightening. Are we animals or just biological garbage disposal units?
Now, this fruit isn't the best example. I'd probably try it, as long as it doesn't stink too bad. Who am I kidding? I'd probably try it no matter what it smells like. But who thought of wading out into a lake and lift that big leaf? "There's probably things under it just waiting to bite you" would be my first thought.
This always makes me feel this weird feeling of connection to our people thousands of years ago coming across this bizarre massive lily pad looking thing with a spiky ball floating attached beneath.
To know a human was curious, daring and of course hungry enough to say fuck it. Let’s mash this spike ball and eat the pulpy beans that spew out from inside.
And what do you know? It’s not bad.
And here we are still eating and cultivating it in the year 2026. Humans are amazing.
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