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We Owe It All to Figs. Our primate ancestors’ love of the complex fruit changed the world. (nautil.us)

submitted 9 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago) by Bonus@piefed.social to c/longreads@sh.itjust.works

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A forest can walk across a landscape in the gut of a primate, traveling one defecation at a time.

Many but not all chimpanzee communities use sticks to eat ants. Others use sticks to eat termites. Many use sticks to access honey. Some use sticks to kill and eat bush babies. Bush babies are small, big-eyed, nocturnal primates with adorable little hands that look, yes, like furry babies living up and among the trees. Some chimpanzees love to eat them. Other chimpanzee populations use sticks to gather and eat algae.

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[–] Bonus@sh.itjust.works 4 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

Thank you. I just found this c/ and it reminds me of what Reddit was at the start, interesting stories you'd vouch for because you actually read it.

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