Wednesday, October 18, 2006

Interesting Facts about Yams

"In yams, female plants are octoploid or hexaploid, males all tetraploid - a discrepancy that renders yams sterile."
- Matt Ridley, "The Red Queen"

"My mama loves me"
- Leroy

2 comments:

J Blood said...

So where do the baby yams come from?

Bud said...

It's one of those eternal mysteries of the ages that they haven't yet gotten into examining on the History Channel. Either transported hither by UFOs or spontaneous (immaculate) generation or both, I would hazard to guess.
We may never know.