In the wild, fig wasps climb in through this hole at the bottom of the fig to lay their eggs inside. Along the way, the wasp loses its wings because the hole is too small. Subsequently, the wasp dies inside the fig. The eggs wait for their time. Inside, a new generation of wasps begins to grow. Males fertilize the females and also die inside the fig, as they are born wingless, while the females emerge to find a new fig. By the way, a fig is essentially an inside-out flower. Wasps thereby pollinate it. We eat self-pollinating figs and only the female fruits, but you can’t explain that to the fig wasps. 🙂
Enjoy your meal, I’m going to eat this fig now
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