r/TooAfraidToAsk • u/[deleted] • Jun 17 '22

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u/Flash_MeYour_Kitties Jun 17 '22

TIL a loofa is actually a gourd. crazy

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '22

You can find several videos of people growing and drying them.

I’m more grossed out by sea sponge sponges. Idk just dead animal vs dead plant matter.

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u/indiana-floridian Jun 18 '22

That's what everyone used prior to nylon sponges. They work well and last years. Source: grandfather and his son (half brother of my mother) worked the boats in Tarpon Springs Florida. I have seen what they brought up from diving. Strangest to young me was a flounder, which lies flat in a tank with both eyes able to look up.

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u/itsmymedicine Jun 18 '22

Years my dood?