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[–] roguetrick@lemmy.world 45 points 2 days ago (1 children)

so bananas do not exist there

This guy honestly doesn't believe in panbanania.

[–] starik@lemmy.zip 18 points 2 days ago (2 children)

The theory that the universe was seeded with banana life by an intergalactic precursor race of bananas? It’s possible, but so far there is no hard evidence, and I don’t think OP is claiming to have taken a picture of an alien banana.

[–] teft@piefed.social 17 points 2 days ago

The theory that the universe was seeded with banana life by an intergalactic precursor race of bananas?

This was covered in an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation called The Chase:

[–] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@piefed.world 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] teft@piefed.social 11 points 2 days ago (1 children)

They do. Just not the versions we eat. Those are genetic clones and are propagated seedlessly. If you look closely sometimes you can see undeveloped seeds in bananas. They're the little black dots near the center that you see sometimes.

Here is a picture of a land race banana with seeds:

[–] 0_o7@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 day ago

Oh man, I had eaten bananas with seeds but they were tiny like they are in kiwis. I thought the image would be similar to those but instead the seeds are as big as like lentils.

Took me by surprise