Your Salad Is Trying To Kill You
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[MUSIC]One Sunday morning sun came up and pop out of the egg came a very hungry caterpillar.On Monday it ate through a whole apple, but it was still hungry. On Tuesday it ate some broccoliand died.[MUSIC]Plants are the richest source of nutrients on earth. Bacteria, fungi, insects andanimals of all shapes and sizes depend on them for energy. Even animals that eat meatultimately rely on plants, and we’re no exception![SALAD SCREAMING]But it’s not always in a plant’s best interest to get eaten. They lack an immunesystem like we have to fight off foreign invaders, and while some of them put on intimidatingoutfits, many plants have turned to chemical warfare in order to fight off nibbling andgnawing enemies.Like Paracelsus said, “the dose makes the poison”, and unfo...
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[MUSIC]One Sunday morning sun came up and pop out of the egg came a very hungry caterpillar.On Monday it ate through a whole apple, but it was still hungry. On Tuesday it ate some broccoliand died.[MUSIC]Plants are the richest source of nutrients on earth. Bacteria, fungi, insects andanimals of all shapes and sizes depend on them for energy. Even animals that eat meatultimately rely on plants, and we’re no exception![SALAD SCREAMING]But it’s not always in a plant’s best interest to get eaten. They lack an immunesystem like we have to fight off foreign invaders, and while some of them put on intimidatingoutfits, many plants have turned to chemical warfare in order to fight off nibbling andgnawing enemies.Like Paracelsus said, “the dose makes the poison”, and unfo...
