@SeahorseTreble to No Stupid Questions • 1 year agoDo all fruits have bugs inside them, or do most commercial fruits in fact not have any bugs?message-square27arrow-up171arrow-down14
arrow-up167arrow-down1message-squareDo all fruits have bugs inside them, or do most commercial fruits in fact not have any bugs?@SeahorseTreble to No Stupid Questions • 1 year agomessage-square27
minus-square@Deestanlink11•1 year agoTo be fair, many things we ingest purposefully are toxic or at least repellant to various bugs and vermin. Salt, caffeine, chocolate, nicotine, avocado, alcohol.
minus-square@spittingimagelink2•1 year agoI don’t know, but cats do. My cat once licked my hand when I’d been cooking with chillies… poor little guy.
To be fair, many things we ingest purposefully are toxic or at least repellant to various bugs and vermin.
Salt, caffeine, chocolate, nicotine, avocado, alcohol.
Yep. Alcohol is even a full on poison.
Don’t forget capsaicin.
Birds don’t care about capsaicin. Do insects??
I don’t know, but cats do. My cat once licked my hand when I’d been cooking with chillies… poor little guy.
Yeah… mammals are affected. I doubt insects are.