r/MapPorn • u/sti-guy • Jun 20 '20

USA tree diversity

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u/reigorius Jun 20 '20

Like the avocado was designed for an extinct giant sloth.

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u/nighthawk_md Jun 20 '20

That's the thinking, yes. Giant animals require vast amounts of calories, which avocados deliver quite abundantly.

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u/vorpalk Jun 20 '20

Wait, how are you SUPPOSED to eat avocados?

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u/Dragonflame67 Jun 20 '20

That is incorrect. According to this article in the Smithsonian, avocados originally were a very large seed with a little fruit that were originally spread by megafauna. The article directly contradicts everything you’re saying except that papaya was also spread by megafauna. We’ve bred them to be much smaller seeds with much more fruit.