On Wed, 24 Nov 1999, Hans Kylberg wrote:

> At 14:36 1999-11-22 -0500, Todd wrote:
>
> >I doubt that even animals
> >in the wild are infallible in their food choices.  That is, I
> >don't doubt that wild animals can and do eat things that make
> >them sick.
>
> Rats have a method for determining if a food is inedible. If one of
> them gets sick or dies, the others smell in its mouth to learn what
> it has eaten, and then avoids that food at that place.

That is a perfect illustration of the fallibility of the first
rat!  I have to wonder if the others would eat the same food
found in some other place...

Todd Moody
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