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dharma1 · 2016-08-09 · Original thread
If you've ever wondered what evolutionary pressures make some fruits poisonous to humans/mammals, and some delicious, here is a good write up.

http://www.kew.org/discover/blogs/archived-blogs/trouble-par...

And a book from the same author:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Fruit-Inedible-Incredible-Wolfgang-...

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