Re: Croatia: Green eggs & eight legged piglets

["Bjorn Cedervall" <bcradsafers@hotmail.com>]

This story was already pointed at by Patrick Meyer about 3 days ago. I 
apologize for the duplication. I am just getting mentally prepared to meet 
it in our media. As a kid I one day picked about 80 four leafed clovers, 20 
five leafed ones and one seven leafed clover from the same field and proudly 
showed my parents. This was around 1958 far away from any NPPs or fallout 
areas. (the Latin name is "Trifolium..." - three leaves but the plants don't 
know that).



As anyone knows who is truly interested in nature there is always a 
variation and occasionally one may find extremes. Take Prunella vulgaris 
(the botanical species - not the bird with the same name) that is so common 
in many European lawns - if these are cut the plant may flower at a height 
of only 2 inches (5 cms) whereas if the vegetation is dense they have to 
fight for sunlight and become two feet tall (>60 cms). I think that these 
stories sell to many who grew up in cities and never took the time to 
closely look at the natural variation. Go to old museums and you may find 
two headed calves from the time before X-rays were known. The broader public 
should know about this (not to mention some politicians).



My personal reflections only,



Bjorn Cedervall   bcradsafers@hotmail.com


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