Episode 316 – Fig Wasp: Fig, Fig House
Life, Death, and Taxonomy
English - February 13, 2024 10:00 - 48 minutes - 88.3 MB - ★★★★★ - 50 ratingsNatural Sciences Science Education Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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“…and today we’re talking about a fig’s friend for real. But more on that later.” Foxes have holes, birds have nests, and wasps have figs? Figs have been a staple of the human diet for thousands of years, but we share that culinary attraction with an unlikely friend: a wasp. The appropriately named fig wasp […]