vivipary in tomatoes
(midwest.social)
gandalf_der_12te
Science MemesIf a tomato runs out of the hormone that keeps seeds dormant, they may start sprouting from inside the fruit (this is called vivipary)🍅
The artist Feefal is also on Tumblr: https://www.tumblr.com/feefal
funny coincidence that my dad just mentioned this particular tomato quirk earlier today.
maybe i am your dad? Hi John
!morphmoe@ani.social is leaking.
This is existentially terrifying.
This is basically what happens to Radek in Annihilation (2018).
::: spoiler Do not open this, trust me Imagine your sperm just starts growing into babies inside your balls bro :::
Haploid babies?
I mean, ectopic pregnancy is that concept, roughly, but real. Baby growing where baby cannot grow.
Dandelion ahh fetuses
Just put some copper up there, that’ll fix it.
Excuse toi?
Is this the tomato girl fantasy??
no but it's from the same artist ;-)
Mind blown. Are those ... seeds? Sprouting? Out of my head???
I thought this was all about fun and bolognese. Little did I know.
That tomato is pregnant in human terms, technically.
Reminds me of the hanahaki disease trope
Something tells me I shouldn't look this up
edit: oh, it's fictional
Fictional but aesthetically beautiful.
.... If you ignore the agonising screams
:''(
Usually my tomatoes just get moldy.
This would happen to me sometimes with home grown tomatos. Maybe it in part has to do with store bought are usually picked under ripe so they survive getting to the shelves? Or could be whatever mystery variety I was planting
No thanks.
