@Deceptichum@quokk.au to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish • edit-210 days agoTIL Bananas are berries that grow on giant herbsen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square61fedilinkarrow-up1483arrow-down15file-text
arrow-up1478arrow-down1external-linkTIL Bananas are berries that grow on giant herbsen.wikipedia.org@Deceptichum@quokk.au to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish • edit-210 days agomessage-square61fedilinkfile-text
Banana trees are made up of giant leaves, not a trunk. So they’re more like a giant onion instead of a tree.
minus-square@nul9o9@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish19•10 days agoI feel like they’d feel pretty warm to the touch if they are growing that fast.
minus-square@9point6@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish28•10 days agoI kinda feel like heat would be wasted energy that could be used to ｇｒｏｗ
minus-square@asdfasdfasdf@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish15•10 days agoI feel like bananas would be cold as hell if they were growing that fast.
minus-squarerockerface 🇺🇦linkfedilinkEnglish7•10 days agoAbsorbing heat from hapless critters that happen to brush a banana leaf to g r o w
minus-squaredpfluglinkfedilink4•10 days agoFun fact! The farmers rely on this effect to supply supplemental meat in the growing season.
minus-square@ByteJunk@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish6•10 days agoWell, they do feel warm to the touch, but bananas only grow in warm and humid climates, so everything feels that way.
I feel like they’d feel pretty warm to the touch if they are growing that fast.
I kinda feel like heat would be wasted energy that could be used to ｇｒｏｗ
I feel like bananas would be cold as hell if they were growing that fast.
Absorbing heat from hapless critters that happen to brush a banana leaf to g r o w
Fun fact! The farmers rely on this effect to supply supplemental meat in the growing season.
Well, they do feel warm to the touch, but bananas only grow in warm and humid climates, so everything feels that way.