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Are Gourd Seeds Meant for Mega Fauna?
Pumpkins and gourds in general, are pretty great. But as is the case with many foods, are like plants that we use as crops. Early wild gourds were bitter because they contained cker bitson named after the cker bita family that contains pumpkins and squash o is toxic. So who was eating them? The a study published in 20 15, researchers reported finding ancient gourd seeds in mammoth dung,. These were fruits meant for mega fauna such as massajohn gian slass to eat.
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