Figs aren’t a fruit but rather an inverted flower, which means all the plant’s reproductive parts are located inside the pod. So how do they get pollinated? Well, that’s where the fig wasp comes in. She lays her eggs (and dies – brutal huh!), and thus the fig can reproduce!’ But before you get grossed out, ficin, a powerful enzyme, digests the insect, so there are no buggy bits left in the fig by the time it’s ready to eat.