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[–] [email protected] 45 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Not sure if this is indended or not, but the somewhat controversial mother tree hypothesis stipulates exactly this -- trees borrowing carbohydrates (sugar) from neighbors via mycorrhizal networks.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 days ago

ya beat me to it

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago

Do they use cups though?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

I thought the small one was a parasite - wanting the sugar. It would work as a joke with specific taxa.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 days ago (1 children)

You'd think a solar powered sugar factory would know about sugar.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago

They understand the sugar; they don't know what a cup is.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

The mycelium network connecting them knows.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Fun fact of the day: Xylitol is a type of sugar that is extracted from trees, typically from birch.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Who tf puts sugar in a cup

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

someone baking cookies on a recipe that calls for a cup of sugar

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

Like a small cup or a big cup? I'd rather just use my scale, it's important to be accurate when baking

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Why not? You prefer bottles? Sacks? Shovels? Cat asses? Hats?

[–] [email protected] 17 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

"You want some cream?"

"Uh... Yeah."

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