From: "Rich Gauszka" 

I have a few bamboo plants in the apartment ( easiest thing to take care of
and if you want a new one just do a cutting ). I'll have to see if they
flower.

"Mark"  wrote in message
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> Oh, and how long after the bamboo flowers, before the spam selling
> "natural viagra" starts hitting our inboxes? 
>
> "Rich Gauszka"  wrote in message
> news:44860e88$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>>
>> "Mark"  wrote in message
>> news:44860c9d$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>>> http://blog.foreignpolicy.com/node/769
>>> "The Indian army is fighting an enemy it hasn't faced in
nearly half a
>>> century. No, it's not fighting off British colonialists, nor is it a
>>> clash with neighboring Pakistan. It's rats. Millions and millions of
>>> rats. You know...mean, aggressive rodents of unusual size -- the dirty,
>>> grey, fuzzy kind that are led by their long whiskers as they scuttle
>>> around making a "thp-thp-thp" noise. Every 48 years..."
>>>
>>> I've heard of the 17-year locusts, but 48-year rats? 
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Looks like it may be tied to the 48 year cycle of bamboo flowering that
>> causes horny rats
>>
>> http://www.newkerala.com/news2.php?action=fullnews&id=63721
>>
>> Bamboo, a giant tropical grass with hollow stems, does not normally
>> flower. Agriculture scientists say bamboo flowers increase the fertility
>> of rats. When this unusual phenomenon takes place, the rodent population
>> goes up. The rats go berserk, feasting on everything that comes their
>> way.
>>
>> Agriculture Minister Rammawi said: "The rare phenomenon of bamboo
>> flowering is a cyclical one and occurs every 48 years. So 2007 is the
>> year when we expect a famine and there are early warnings already about
>> the impending catastrophe."
>>
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