Re: [math-fun] turkeys and gem polishers
I'm worried about what happens when these same botanists find out that lots of trees (at least lots of trees in California) can't germinate & reproduce until after a major forest fire... At 07:04 AM 6/28/2013, Bill Gosper wrote:
I am guilty of repeating the urban legend that botanists were frantically trying to breed giant turkeys after realizing that the seeds of a certain endangered tree couldn't germinate without passing through a dodo's digestive system.
I think it was realized decades ago that forest fires helped maintain the natural ecology to which trees were adapted by occasionally burning out brush and heating the seeds. It became policy to allow fires to burn out in national forests and to only protect structures. Brent On 6/28/2013 8:59 AM, Henry Baker wrote:
I'm worried about what happens when these same botanists find out that lots of trees (at least lots of trees in California) can't germinate & reproduce until after a major forest fire...
At 07:04 AM 6/28/2013, Bill Gosper wrote:
I am guilty of repeating the urban legend that botanists were frantically trying to breed giant turkeys after realizing that the seeds of a certain endangered tree couldn't germinate without passing through a dodo's digestive system.
_______________________________________________ math-fun mailing list math-fun@mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/math-fun
----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2013.0.3345 / Virus Database: 3204/6445 - Release Date: 06/27/13
I'm worried about botanists who get too much inspiration from the 'Fahrenheit 451' firemen. At 10:37 AM 6/28/2013, meekerdb wrote:
I think it was realized decades ago that forest fires helped maintain the natural ecology to which trees were adapted by occasionally burning out brush and heating the seeds. It became policy to allow fires to burn out in national forests and to only protect structures.
Brent
On 6/28/2013 8:59 AM, Henry Baker wrote:
I'm worried about what happens when these same botanists find out that lots of trees (at least lots of trees in California) can't germinate & reproduce until after a major forest fire...
At 07:04 AM 6/28/2013, Bill Gosper wrote:
I am guilty of repeating the urban legend that botanists were frantically trying to breed giant turkeys after realizing that the seeds of a certain endangered tree couldn't germinate without passing through a dodo's digestive system.
participants (2)
-
Henry Baker -
meekerdb