Book description
Over millions of years, fig trees have shaped our world, influenced our evolution, nourished our bodies and fed our imaginations. And as author and ecologist Mike Shanahan proclaims, "The best could be yet to come."
Gods, Wasps and Stranglers weaves together the mythology, history and ecology of one of the…
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This little book (167 pages) is all about the fig tree. I knew nothing about fig trees before reading this, but got interested after seeing large Banyon trees growing near my home in Florida. I found this book fascinating as the author describes these trees. For example, I didn't know that each type of the 400+ types of fig trees relies on an individual wasp species to pollinate it.
The author, Mike Shanahan does a great job explaining a complex topic in a way that anyone can understand. This is not a small thing. It takes real skill to be…
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