Why/How do citrus segments stick together after the fruit has been unpeeled but can’t re-stick after the segments have been separated? 🍊

Question

Why/How do citrus segments stick together after the fruit has been unpeeled but can’t re-stick after the segments have been separated? 🍊

In: Biology

Answer 1

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Answer 2

There’s still little fibers between the segments you break when you pull them apart. Like sewing two pieces of cloth together with a couple of stitches of thread. You break the threads, the pieces won’t stay together.