Figs aren't exactly fruits...but that's not the only bizarre thing about them. Discover the gross world of figs! Subscribe to Gross Science! http://bit.ly/1FkxVLb ‖ Twitter! https://twitter.com/gross_science ‖ Tumblr! http://grossscience.tumblr.com/ ↓Want more gross info?↓ Great 1977 paper by J. Galil on Fig Biology: http://bit.ly/2bxzKwa More on the type of pollination that happens in common figs: http://bit.ly/2bxBaqc -- Host, Writer, Animator, Editor Anna Rothschild Camera, Production Help Julia Davis Illustration of Fig Cross-Section Eliza Lehner Chasing Tails Music Provided by APM Special thanks to Dr. Allen Herre GROSS FOOTAGE AND IMAGES Original Footage ©WGBH Educational Foundation 2016 Fig Wasps Gregory Dimijian/Science Photo Library Ceratosolen capensis op Ficus sur, Jan Celliers Park, a Wikimedia Commons/JMK 2004-03-27-Chimpanzee-eatin Wikimedia Commons/Drrobert Great hornbill eating fig Wikimedia Commons/Lip kee Lineated Barbet- Eating Goolar fig (Ficus racemosa)-Kolkata IMG 5810 Wikimedia Commons/J.M.Garg Vervet Monkey (Chlorocebus pygerythrus) eaeting figs (17277655481) Wikimedia Commons/Bernard DUPONT LA FRUTERA (SNYDERS) Wikimedia Commons/Frans Snyders Common fig - Ficus carica - Incir 2 Wikimedia Commons/Zeynel Cebeci Mercury fig leaf Wikimedia Commons/Sputnikcccp Jerusalem Machne Yehuda Market (8118463247) Wikimedia Commons/StateofIsrael Ficus carica 1.1R Wikimedia Commons/Rob Hille GROSS SFX Cockroaches Freesound/StateAardvark­ (used with permission from author) Squeak Pack/squeak_10 Freesound/Corsica_S Flying Mosquito Freesound/zywx Bubbles Popping Freesound/ch0cchi Squeak_10 Freesound/Corsica_S Jelly Mangling On Plate Freesound/lolamadeus Gross Science is produced by WGBH for PBS Digital Studios