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And couldn't a new world monkey simply carry the avocado somewhere else to eat it? Does it have to pass through the gut?
by ars 7y ago
And couldn't a new world monkey simply carry the avocado somewhere else to eat it?
Does it have to pass through the gut?
- dehrmann 7y agoI've seen squirrels carry them to eat later (it's a ridiculous sight), but humans imported both the squirrels and avocados here (the Bay Area).
- fouc 7y agoAn invasive species carrying an invasive species.
- dsfyu404ed 7y agoObserved by an invasive species.
- EForEndeavour 7y agoAll species are invasive if you go back far enough.
- dsfyu404ed 7y agoI'm seeing the beginnings of standup routine that literally everyone in California will find offensive. I'm having trouble fleshing out the details though.
- fouc 7y agoOffensively invasive or Invasively offensive? Good luck!
- zaarn 7y agoSquirrels will carry and eat pretty much anything (rats of thre trees) including avocadoes, apples, small melons, compost, other squirrels and dead birds. If they can move it, they eat it. Plus points if it can be burried for winter.
- dehrmann 7y agoNow that you mention it, a squirrel also stole a melon I was growing.
- ulises314 7y agoAvocado is a perfectly North American plant.
- dehrmann 7y agoNot this far north.
- __HYde 7y agoIn what sense did humans import squirrels to the bay area?
- dehrmann 7y agoI'm actually not sure if cities in the bay area did, but lots of other cities did: https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/uptown-squirrel/ https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/uptown-squirrel/
- __HYde 7y agoThanks for sharing this. That article is very interesting. I only thought about the fact that squirrels were a native species and didn't consider the fact that cities are not "natural".
- HillaryBriss 7y agoyou're right. it doesn't. i've seen pits that have germinated and taken root all by themselves in the leaf litter below an avocado tree.
- hombre_fatal 7y agoI had an avocado tree in the backyard growing up and the avocados would fall and grow new plants. The next avocado you eat, leave it in an inch of water and it will sprout in a couple weeks, splitting in half to extend roots and a small canopy. Had I not had to weed the backyard as a kid during avocado season, the plants would've kept growing from fallen avocados. They have these massive yolks that let them grow pretty much anywhere, as long as they find their way to some soil after a while. I'm sure megafauna gave them a nice travel system.
- martin-adams 7y agoWe took an avocado seed left over from one from the fridge, and grew it. It's now about 1.5m tall.
- senorjazz 7y agoNo, our compost hole in the garden has about 10+ small avocado trees growing from it and around when the chickens disturb it. Tend to see them sprout up best after sustained rain, temps 25c-30c in the shade