MANY animals are herbalists. Pregnant elephants eat particular leaves to induce the births of their calves. Birds keep bloodsucking bugs at bay by weaving insect-repelling plants into their nests. Fruit flies lay their eggs on fermenting matter that is rich in ethanol, which drives away parasitic wasps. There is, in other words, a whole pharmacopoeia of botanical products out there.
Why do articles assume readers are insipid and therefore make learning so painfully difficult? Give me a second to make juvenile jungle pharmacy quips.
> MANY animals are herbalists. Pregnant elephants eat particular leaves to induce the births of their calves. Birds keep bloodsucking bugs at bay by weaving insect-repelling plants into their nests. Fruit flies lay their eggs on fermenting matter that is rich in ethanol, which drives away parasitic wasps. There is, in other words, a whole pharmacopoeia of botanical products out there.
Why do articles assume readers are insipid and therefore make learning so painfully difficult? Give me a second to make juvenile jungle pharmacy quips.
Why do articles assume readers are insipid and therefore make learning so painfully difficult? Give me a second to make juvenile jungle pharmacy quips.