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Read more: https://theconversation.com/love-avocados-thank-the-toxodon-143162
TIL avocados evolved to be eaten whole by herbivore dinosaurs, who would then poop out the pit to a new location, spreading the trees; after dinosaur extinction, the plant narrowly hung on in a small part of Mesoamerica until humans discovered the fruit and started cultivating them widely
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Slight note here, it’s not a dinosaur but a various other megafauna, advocados started the growth of it’s large seeds in the last 1 million years whereas dinosaurs went extinct 65 million years ago.
Can you imagine pooping out an avocado seed ? Lol
avocado toast technically saved their entire species
I am so appreciative of avocados for holding on
You misread this article. The Pleistocene epoch was LONG after dinosaurs had gone (mostly) extict. The article is about avocados’ relationship with mega herbivores, not herbivorous dinosaurs.
Their name in Nahuatl translated to “testicle” and were believed to be an aphrodisiac. As such, virgins could not eat them
Sorry to be That Guy, but the toxodon was not a dinosaur. It was a mammal.
Either way, though, it’s thanks to this long-dead critter that we can have delicious avocados today. When you enjoy guacamole, remember to thank a toxodon.
Interesting read, thank you
So now we just need to find an animal now that will eat and poop seeds outs and start an animal and avacado farm with minimal planting required!
Man, that whole dinosaur extinction thing really did^^n’t a number^^2 on them avocados, huh?
imagine shitting out an avocado core…