maybe gross nature stuff 

it occurs to me that with how they trap and digest the pollinating wasp, figs sound a lot like one of those weird random "notes" sections you get when you scan a plant in No Man's Sky

F. carica
Age: Fully Grown
Root Structure: Conventional
Nutrient Source: Sunlight
Notes: Carnivorous Fruit
Primary Element: Carbon

maybe gross nature stuff 

@Felthry ...they what??

re: maybe gross nature stuff 

@IceWolf did you not know about that? yeah some vegetarians don't consider figs to be vegetarian because the plant traps and eats the wasp that pollinates it

re: maybe gross nature stuff 

@Felthry That's...

vaguely terrifying...

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@IceWolf nature's *weird*.

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