I just heard that vegans can't eat figs, why is that?

Question

I know it's a fruit and fruits aren't generally off-limits; I'm asking cause it's not obvious but someone in Answers thought they weren't vegan.

Answer 1

You are confused.. vegans don't eat pigs, not figs duh :-)

Answer 2

Someone is pullin your leg.

Answer 3

its just hearsay

not true

xoxo

Answer 4

that's not true, a fig is a fruit. Vegans don't eat dairy or meat, but of course fruit is fine.

Answer 5

It's not that some vegans can't, it's they wont because as one poster pointed out, wasps lay eggs inside and are consequently eaten with the fruit.  

Answer 6

It may be because the crunchy bits which most people think are seeds in figs are actually wasp eggs.  So I guess in vegan philosophy you can't consume the younglings of the poor fig wasp can you ?

Answer 7

Figs do not come from animals therefore they are vegan.