Neighbors | Poorly Drawn Lines

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a14o@feddit.org · 46 pts · 1y (3 replies)

Not sure if this is indended or not, but the somewhat controversial mother tree hypothesis stipulates exactly this -- trees borrowing carbohydrates (sugar) from neighbors via mycorrhizal networks.

Gsus4@mander.xyz · 9 pts · 1y

ya beat me to it

four@lemmy.zip · 4 pts · 1y

Do they use cups though?

angrystego@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y

I thought the small one was a parasite - wanting the sugar. It would work as a joke with specific taxa.

cholesterol@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 1y (1 reply)

You'd think a solar powered sugar factory would know about sugar.

Kolanaki@pawb.social · 5 pts · 1y

They understand the sugar; they don't know what a cup is.

whaleross@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Fun fact of the day: Xylitol is a type of sugar that is extracted from trees, typically from birch.

Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee · 1 pts · 1y

Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee · 9 pts · 1y

The mycelium network connecting them knows.

Zwiebel@feddit.org · 6 pts · 1y (6 replies)

Who tf puts sugar in a cup

expatriado@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 1y (1 reply)

someone baking cookies on a recipe that calls for a cup of sugar

Zwiebel@feddit.org · 2 pts · 1y

Like a small cup or a big cup? I'd rather just use my scale, it's important to be accurate when baking

Lembot_0003@lemmy.zip · 6 pts · 1y (2 replies)
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villainy@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Kolanaki@pawb.social · 1 pts · 1y

"You want some cream?"

"Uh... Yeah."

Unzips

samus12345@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 1y
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