Posted by Larry Hoover on May 29, 2006, at 22:55:14
In reply to Re: which of the TCA's are genotoxic ? » Larry Hoover, posted by FredPotter on May 29, 2006, at 20:49:18
> Larry thanks for your informative reply. Of course I don't really think plants "want" anything. Sometimes teleological-speak is just shorter.
Of course. Sometimes I like to be very overt, is all. We do speak of what "mother nature" wants, all the time. We are quite happy to personify and imbue our co-vivants with human traits. We bandy about anthropomorphic explanations for things all the time, without much thought.
> One interesting fruit is deadly nightshade (Belladonna). It's deadly to us at least. It seems you eat it and then stagger around until you are far away and then kark, meaning the seeds are dispersed far away in a pile of blood and bone fertiliser
> FredThat's an interesting, but entirely plausible explanation. Thanks. You know, tomatoes were once thought to possess a similar property. They were first grown solely as ornamentals! I can't quite see them in that light, myself.
Lar
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