>He was convinced this was an adaptive strategy by the peppers >to insure their survival in a land where tender vegetation was rare Sounds like "shit luck" to me. <g> === Dave Sacerdote davesas@tiac.net "I am so mighty, I do not have to kill you all." -- Flaming Carrot Resist or Serve. Visit Dave's New England Almanac: http://www.tiac.net/users/davesas/index.html