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[-] MrVilliam@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 days ago

I could be just parroting a myth, but aren't they all genetic clones? So anything that evolves to attack one has evolved to attack all, potentially quickly wiping out just about all of them. And I think this happened with the banana we used before this one so now they're rare and super expensive.

Through standardizing the banana, we've removed biodiversity.

[-] muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 days ago

They are a monoculture. Nature hates a monoculture. There’s a reason those don’t happen naturally.

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