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[–] [email protected] 19 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Fun fact: some fruit evolved to be eaten by mega fauna, giant animals, that no longer exist because uh we ate them. One of those is Avocado. A pit that is way too big to be eaten by fauna of current day size.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago (2 children)
[–] darcy 3 points 10 months ago

im glad someone addressed it

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

No Elephants in South America, where the Avocado evolved.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Thus is fake news. The avocado mega fauna was a footnote in an old paper that wasn't anything beyond spitballing.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I misread what you said. You did not explicitly mention the ground sloth. I am not sure what corpolites etc. Of other megafauna Exist and do not take the time to find out. https://youtu.be/jpcBgYYFS8o?si=AL3boQGU9iX2FHHI

They also suggest that avocados have not been reliant on megafauja.