Guts...from Base Behavior

[Richard Worth]

I'm sorry folks but this was just too easy to pass up.  This gives a 
whole new, literal meaning to the term "butterflies in my stomach". 
Everybody together...Aaawwww, that's bad.  ;-)

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>  > Butterflies don't "bite," "sting," foul our food, cause diseases, or buzz
>  > in our ears...
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>Today I came across an interesting exception to the above statement. It
>turns out that _Pieris rapae_ (Cabbage Butterfly) caterpillars have on
>occasion been found living in the human gut, "...taking up residence pre-
>sumably when its host eats raw or undercooked cabbage, and maintained by
>his continuing to do so in uncommon amounts." The author suggests chewing
>your cabbage thoroughly...
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>							Ken Philip
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Richard A. Worth
Oregon Department of Agriculture
Plant Division
rworth at oda.state.or.us
(503) 986-6461

 
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