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What's wild about this, is that there are probably a huge number of fruits that were not even discovered yet at this time. For example, this fruit discovered in
by flakes 3y ago
What's wild about this, is that there are probably a huge number of fruits that were not even discovered yet at this time. For example, this fruit discovered in 2016 https://blog.pensoft.net/2016/02/12/new-species-with-heart-shaped-fruits-inspires-a-love-for-biodiversity-in-hawaii/ https://blog.pensoft.net/2016/02/12/new-species-with-heart-s...
> Just in time for Valentine’s Day, botanists from Hawai’i have discovered a new species of plant with small heart-shaped fruits. The new species is a member of the coffee family (Rubiaceae) and part of the genus Coprosma, which occurs across many remote islands of the Pacific Ocean. They named the new Hawaiian species after the symbol of love – calling it Coprosma cordicarpa – meaning the Coprosma with heart-shaped fruit.
- Obscurity4340 3y agoThis would make a fantastic children's book/"kidcyclopedia" for teaching kids the fruits and vegetables
- sunsetonsaturn 3y agoI take a similar approach in this children's book: https://github.com/ralienpp/book-two https://github.com/ralienpp/book-two. In the end there is a section about the trees* that grow in the area, their leaves and fruits - so kids can learn to identify them. I'll incorporate some of these materials in the next iterations of the book. The first link in the repo readme is for the on-screen PDF, you can look at the pictures. * One of the characters in the story uses trees to figure out where they are and find their way back home.
- Obscurity4340 3y agoIt would be cool if there was like an interactive and facillitated way to filter all the stuff for that which is local and that they can seek out, like Pokemon Go or whatever
- pvaldes 3y agoMaybe not. Would be confusing for the children. After taking a quick look, many of this fruit varieties don't exist anymore. Other were renamed and other paintings reflect fruit diseases, not the fruit itself. Botanical art is valuable art, but this work does not reflect the present.
- Obscurity4340 3y agoWhy is ur sense of childlike wonder so ant-sized?
- Obscurity4340 3y agoMaybe it could focus on what's still around but there's a section later on where they deal with older or non-existent stuff.
- markdown 3y agoHow disappointing; an entire article about a new fruit but not a word about whether it's edible or what it tastes like.
- kadoban 3y agoFiguring that out in a safe way is likely not easy. In survival conditions, the process is messy, painful and dangerous. If you don't have a strong need, I'd think you'd happily wait for the next person to figure it out.
- BandButcher 3y agoI forget where i read it, whether book or anecdotal, i wanna say there are general rules for testing these I think first you're supposed to rub the leaves on your skin and see if a rash or reaction occurs. If not you proceed to lick or chew the leaf/stem, spit it out, then await a any reactions... This continues to consuming a small piece, then the fruit, ... Etc. Again just what i remember hearing before
- bdamm 3y agoWhich, for certain mushrooms, would lead to concluding that you can enjoy a plate of the tasty speciments. After which your DNA will be ripped to pieces over the course of a week, followed shortly by death from general organ failure.
- burnerburnito 3y agoWow that's insane. Any examples in particular? I knew about some plant seeds that if eaten raw have toxins like canavanine that cause malformed proteins but wouldn't be obvious at first or (afaik) if you still overwhelmingly had enough protein in your diet... but getting your DNA completely shredded like that from a source other than radiation sounds so intense.
- sidvit 3y ago
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