Re: [silk] Toothless goats

[ashok]

i think the problem is more with the
thorn...

got poked once...and it is very very
painful and causes a sort of nasty infection.....

(unlike the native 'whistling' acacia,
which generally has bulbous and brittle thorns, and shares a symbiotic

relationship with stinging ants which
live inside the bulbs...so, even if you get a little jab...the ants come
swarming
out and take care of the rest.  even
elephants steer clear of these plants...)


Suresh Ramasubramanian  wrote on 08/07/2006 03:57:50
PM:
> > Residents say the mathenge seeds of the plant stick in the gums
of their 
> > animals, eventually causing their teeth to fall out.
> 
> Er.. so the seeds are sweet, and they stick in the teeth of livestock,

> and cause the teeth to rot.  If I gave my daughter unlimited
amounts of 
> chocolate, my dentist would be the happiest person in the world.
> 
> They'd need a goat dentist, or maybe see if they can't feed their
goats 
> some dental floss .. those beasties will eat anything at all :)
>