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On Thu, 03 Sep 2009 09:07:32 +0100, Invisible wrote:
>>> Are mushrooms poisonous on purpose, or by accident?
>>
>> That implies a will behind their creation. And not all mushrooms are
>> poisonous. Take the ones that I had on my hamburger last night.....
>> ;-)
>
> No it doesn't.
Yes, it does. "On purpose" implies an intelligence is behind their
creation, purposefully making them the way they are.
> Did mushrooms evolve to be poisonous because that's advantageous
> somehow? Or do they just happen to be poisonous to animals because of
> their unusual chemistry?
Perhaps some of both.
Jim
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