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I took a guided tour of the London Zoo this summer. The zoologist said that they had to procure vegetables from special sources and that they couldn't give frui
by ozgune 2y ago
I took a guided tour of the London Zoo this summer. The zoologist said that they had to procure vegetables from special sources and that they couldn't give fruits to the animals at the zoo.
When asked why, she said, "When we give animals fruits that humans eat, they all develop diabetes."
- totallydang 2y agoThat’s interesting. Apparently the reason is selective breeding to increase the sugar content of commercially produced fruit. https://www.npr.org/2018/10/07/655345630/how-fruit-became-so-sugary https://www.npr.org/2018/10/07/655345630/how-fruit-became-so...