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#wonder if smelling like wasps is a banana defense mechanism against insects
revretch · 2 years
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Mantises love bananas. They also love honey, so I'd assumed that was just because they like the sugar boost. But then I got to thinking...
When wasps and bees are angry, they actually make a smell like bananas (to the point that smelling bananas will make them angry). And a wasp or bee getting eaten by a mantis probably isn't happy. On top of that, a ripe enough banana has a color and consistency not unlike the muscle and haemolymph inside an insect. So...
You're givin' 'em waspfruit.
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