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> Gilles Tran wrote:
>> Slight derail, but something that amuses me is that most, if not all, 
>> plants contain compounds that either act as a defense against predators 
>> (i.e. biochemical warfare) or are potentially toxic anyway (ergot and 
>> other forms of mold poisonning).
>
> Except iceberg lettuce, which survives by simply having no nutritive value 
> or flavor for any other form of life. ;-)
>
>
> (Not my joke, but I don't remember who said it.)
>
> -- 
Sounds a bit as Douglas Adams in "So long and thanks for all the fish".

BTW beware Virosa, Iceberg's grandmother ;-)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lactuca_virosa

Marc

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