Re: [CH] Smithsonian article on chiles

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Ah yes...  As far as chile peppers go, they could have not had a better ally
when it comes to genetic and geographic diversity than humans...

On Tue, 31 Mar 2009 14:13:13 -0500, Dave Drum wrote
> Jonathan Smillie wrote:
> 
> > Could our favorite alkaloid be a naturally-selected defense mechanism to 
> > preserve the fruit by making them unpalatable to natural enemies? And if 
> > so, what does that say about us?
> 
> Why, that we are not the natural enemies of the chile plants ... 
> since we enjoy and find quite palatable the taste and zing of their 
> method of off-putting their enemies.   Bv)=
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