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From: Midas Gold <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Tuesday, 5 October 1999 12:59 AM
Subject: Re: [P-F] Tests for Paleo-Kosher- needs debate and discussion.


> Ben Balzer wrote:
>
> > The fruit is the plants gift to the animal for depositing the seeds
> > elsewhere in a pile of dung.  This arrangement ids profitable for
> > both parties and this is therefore a good business arrangement.
> > Therefore, I propose that fruit eating animals and fruit bearing
> > plants have a symbiotic relationship.  Plants reserve the right to
> > fill the seeds inside the fruit with toxins to discourage animals
> > from eating them.
>
> But there's a contradiction here: either the animal is eating the
> seeds and passing them intact through its GI tract to germinate in its
> dung, or it is not eating them because of the toxins therein.
> Perhaps, in certain cases, the seeds are designed to not be
> digestible, but to be eaten nevertheless in order to propagate the
> plant species via animal droppings?
>
Yes, all fruit seeds are designed to be indigestible and pass out the other
end- they have a coat of something- cellulose I suppose. The aim is to not
crunch up the seeds in your mouth.
Look at a paleo diet- no grains (all are seeds), no beans (all are seeds).
Get a flashlight next time you go for number 2's!!