Deceptichum@quokk.au to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-215 hours agoTIL Bananas are berries that grow on giant herbsen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square31fedilinkarrow-up1311arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up1309arrow-down1external-linkTIL Bananas are berries that grow on giant herbsen.wikipedia.orgDeceptichum@quokk.au to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-215 hours agomessage-square31fedilinkfile-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-squarenul9o9@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·15 hours agoI feel like they’d feel pretty warm to the touch if they are growing that fast.
minus-squareByteJunk@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·5 hours agoWell, they do feel warm to the touch, but bananas only grow in warm and humid climates, so everything feels that way.
minus-square9point6@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23·14 hours agoI kinda feel like heat would be wasted energy that could be used to ｇｒｏｗ
minus-squareasdfasdfasdf@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·14 hours agoI feel like bananas would be cold as hell if they were growing that fast.
minus-squarerockerface 🇺🇦@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·12 hours agoAbsorbing heat from hapless critters that happen to brush a banana leaf to g r o w
minus-squaredpflug@kbin.earthlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·6 hours agoFun fact! The farmers rely on this effect to supply supplemental meat in the growing season.
I feel like they’d feel pretty warm to the touch if they are growing that fast.
Well, they do feel warm to the touch, but bananas only grow in warm and humid climates, so everything feels that way.
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.