Hebben avocado's zulke grote pitten, omdat ze vroeger verspreid werden door enorme familieleden van de luiaard? Een mooi verhaal dat helaas niet helemaal lijkt te kloppen.

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De fotopuzzel voor de volgende aflevering: https://wikipic.fun/puzzles/27/279a998421/index.html

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Leeslijst:

- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avocado
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megatherium
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megafauna#Megafaunal_mass_extinctions
- [Multiple External Seed Dispersers Challenge the Megafaunal Syndrome Anachronism and the Surrogate Ecological Function of Livestock](https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/ecology-and-evolution/articles/10.3389/fevo.2019.00328/full)
- [Sowing forests: a synthesis of seed dispersal and predation by agoutis and their influence on plant communities](https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/brv.12761)

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Waltz (Tschikovsky Op. 40) by Kevin MacLeod
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Whiskey on the Mississippi by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4624-whiskey-on-the-mississippi
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