![TIL That the crunchy bits in figs are not the remains of the fig wasp that was needed to pollinate the flower that became the fig, as the wasp exoskeleton will have TIL That the crunchy bits in figs are not the remains of the fig wasp that was needed to pollinate the flower that became the fig, as the wasp exoskeleton will have](https://external-preview.redd.it/1yiSoPmJ5J2xc4fogv-lYWfkjmfu6wbD9YT68DncsYg.jpg?auto=webp&s=a791a1860b21e565b65bc86bb2d63914efd206fb)
TIL That the crunchy bits in figs are not the remains of the fig wasp that was needed to pollinate the flower that became the fig, as the wasp exoskeleton will have
![TIL that there is at least one dead wasp inside the figs we eat. Female Fig Wasps pollinate both male & female figs - entering through a small hole called the ostiole. TIL that there is at least one dead wasp inside the figs we eat. Female Fig Wasps pollinate both male & female figs - entering through a small hole called the ostiole.](https://external-preview.redd.it/oSSxlKW3c6v2f6hDy_0SaAKtKoBCMG6zX28gc7aWcpM.jpg?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=01aa0f5955f031b7571ffa18862cfb2f3e6e7b3b)
TIL that there is at least one dead wasp inside the figs we eat. Female Fig Wasps pollinate both male & female figs - entering through a small hole called the ostiole.
![TIL that figs contain dead wasps, broken down into proteins by an enzyme in the fig : r/todayilearned TIL that figs contain dead wasps, broken down into proteins by an enzyme in the fig : r/todayilearned](https://external-preview.redd.it/BSsuLpLfp_q-O2S_XATDczFbUXv9CW2n74A3KeGStA0.jpg?auto=webp&s=d332118bf3f3951091d9a8b6b6ae2f1d1f5a54a8)