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Old 07-08-2007, 04:53 PM posted to sci.bio.botany
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Default grasshoppers the likely intended victims of nettle was Urticadioica (stinging nettle) the plant that evolution created as a reaction tohumanity?

Archie, don't think hide, think mouth: The muzzle, lips, gums, and
tongues of grazing animals are just as affected by nettles as bare human
skin.

M. Reed

a_plutonium wrote:

But I do not see how Urtica can penetrate the thick hides of most
grazing animals. I doubt that