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But why? It's no more "non-vegan" than a fruit tree having partially fed from a carcass or dead insects having decayed and enriched the soil? It's not like you're preventing animal suffering by not eating fig, the entire thing is part of the female fig wasp's lifecycle, that's the entirety of its life.

And if the issue is taking advantage of the pollinator's hard work, the vast majority of fruits are off limits.



As I say, I think it'd put off a lot of people who aren't vegan at all if they knew about it; it's unsettling.




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