Look at Johnny fucking Appleseed over here
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…”Guano-ey” Appleseed? 🫠
Guanny Appleseed perhaps?
Sooo, they're also saying that bats are bat-shitting like crazy, everywhere.
Seems like an acceptable con the the pro of seeding
little known fact, bat spelled backwards is tab and that was the influence for the Tab key on the computer keyboard because you can bat backwards
Sounds like a made up "fact"
And they look fabulous while doing it!
Album cover lol
The Batstreet Boys
I assume that's all flying foxes, and not just one that ate a bad mango.
I certainly hope flying foxes are not shitting out mango seeds. Ouch.
How else do you think they're spreading them?
Mango seeds are pretty large. I would not want to pass one, myself, lol.
Some seeds will pass through digestion, for sure, but not mango seeds lol. Lots of flying and arboreal animals also deposit seeds without actually having to digest them as they just drop them after the rest is eaten.