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[-] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 17 points 2 days ago

I was wondering how the heck coconuts journeyed around the southern passages for what would have been probably years on ocean currents and arrive in the caribbean still viable for growth.

Or carried by a sparrow.

Not really gonna happen.

[-] ziggurat@lemmy.world 10 points 2 days ago

Is that an African or a European sparrow?

[-] MrShankles@reddthat.com 5 points 2 days ago

Neither, it's a Swallow. Still unclear if it's African or European though

[-] sadicarnot@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

A five ounce bird could not carry a 1 pound coconut.

[-] OutlierBlue@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 days ago

They took the Panama Canal, obviously.

[-] sadicarnot@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

A swallow could grip it by the husk

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