Fruit 'lungs' explain why pears rot faster

Read more: http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn14319?DCMP=youtube

Tiny channels of empty space inside fruit could explain why some fruit rot faster than others.

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[shmenetto]

Oh my God, this is witchcraft and the work of the devil. God never wanted us to look inside fruit like that.

[takineko]

Now if we could just prove water is alive then there would be nothing we don't kill to live off of :D just teasing. But biblically, clean water is referred to as Living Water. ;)

[takineko]

@Mcwolfkiller No we don't. Please study for yourself and don't just assume that is true.

[Mcwolfkiller]

@takineko Yea biblicaly humans wore created by god and we all know that wrong.

[kyoyugirl]

This video made me so cold when we "looked inside the fruit" . Im so COLD!

[TheChickenrape2009]

fruit is alive haha lol

[djteac]

We should stop selling them our stuff.

Poor Lands in Africa can't build up an economy because "Rich" countries deliver theyr shit there, and sell it on dumping prices (with financial help of theyr goverment...)

Stop that.

Farmers in those lands CAN provide the Food needed, but nobody would buy it. We should stop sending stuff, and really help them to get things going again (it worked before the "whiteman" came there...)

[djteac]

Lets give them those fruits wich are good, but not eaten.

Its not only rotten stuff that gets thrown away.

Ever been to a big market when it closes?

TONS off good food gets thrown away...

[p0ison1vy]

yeah lets give rotten food to the homeless, and people of third world countries. its like a fucking steak dinner to them.

[PanzyWarrior]

The only problem is getting it there. The reason this country throws it away and everything is because its gone past its prime and you cant really give rotting food to pple it will just make them sick and possibly make things worse by them being hungry and diseased =\. It would be so much easier if we could just give it to em

[takineko]

I see there's kind of a heated argument in here, but I just wanted to say, we throw away tons of usable fruit every year to keep the prices up in the grocery store. We don't need to create fruits and veggies to end world hunger-- they should probably just donate what they toss out.