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Old 26-08-2004, 01:02 PM
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(Christopher Green) wrote in
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You have to admire, even if grudgingly, a plant that is capable of
withstanding everything nature and man have thrown at it since the
Triassic...


Horsetails have been around since the Devonian if not earlier which means
they also survived whatever cause the Permian extinctions. However, it's
possible they can be displaced by other more advanced plants given the
right environmental conditions, though this may require a herbivore that
mows them down repeatedly..

Other than that, have you tried harnessing the most destructive force known
to man: a group of pre-school kids? Perhaps a game of "pin the horsetail
on the dustbin modified to look like a donkey" is in order.