if they floated over then theyā€™re definitely way older than 500 years.

prob just 500 years because thatā€™s when mayo sources go back

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Yeah. Itā€™s pretty hard to believe they just ā€œfloatedā€ over considering sweet potatos mde it to the Philippines from south America. Clearly those didnā€™t float over. Someone else posted a scientific article providing evidence that humans brought the coconut to the Americas

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No one considers the coconut anymore šŸ˜”

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Coconuts were introduced to the Caribbean region by humans. They didnā€™t just float there.

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Great, now I donā€™t know what to believe

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Thanks, youā€™re a real one

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ā€œBuy article PDF USD 39.95ā€

How about ā€œnoā€?

https://sci-hub.se/https://doi.org/10.1007/s12229-013-9121-z

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They were actually carried by birds. See this documentary. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4_9kDO3q0w&t=44 /s

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No need to click, folks. You know what it is.

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You always believe the latest thing presented to you, no matter how ridiculous. It was obviously the very same time travelers who masquerade as pyramid building aliens, whom are also responsible for Winnipeg, the Harlem shake, and the noble platypus. Getting all willy nilly with the coconuts, fuckin degens.

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Just on statistics, it seems unlikely that in the period of time that coconuts have been floating around that they would only have made it there about the same time as explorers. Surely if they could make it there floating then they would have much earlier.

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ā€œWhereā€™s the fucking soil.ā€

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and carried by swallows ofc

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Like catnip for nerds

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I sensed the joke from a few instances over.

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African or European swallows?

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Polynesian swallows, obviously.

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I donā€™t know. Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaagg!

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african definitively

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But of course, African swallows are non-migratoryā€¦

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Or gorillas with coconut-based weaponry that fires in spurts

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