On Tue, 15 Jul 2008 19:33:34 -0500, "modom (palindrome guy)"
> wrote:

>On Tue, 15 Jul 2008 17:33:03 -0600, Pennyaline
> wrote:
>
>>modom (palindrome guy) wrote:
>>> http://www.elephantpepper.com/
>>>
>>> Apparently planting a hedge of hot chiles around your farm keeps the
>>> elephants out. Those guys make and sell condiments from the peppers.
>>
>>Cool! I wonder if it works with deer?
>>
>><and rabbits? and snakes?>
>
>I'd say it would likely work with deer, but not snakes. I read once
>that hot chiles in bird seed will keep squirrels out of the bird
>feeder -- at first. But when the lil buggers get hungry enough,
>they'll eat hot seeds. Then once they get used to the spicy stuff,
>they prefer it to regular seeds.
>
>I can't footnote this, however.

amal naj briefly discusses this in his book, 'Peppers: A Story of Hot
Pursuits.'

<http://www.amazon.com/Peppers-Story-Pursuits-Amal-Naj/dp/0679744274/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1216236324&sr=8-1>

in the section called 'the pepper high,' he says: 'the thing about
hot pepper is that even animals, who are supposed to be repelled by
it, can't resist it once they discover the pleasant side of the
pepper's bite. all it seems to take is human mediation.' which would
seem to include mixing it with regular seeds. apparently dogs in
india also come to prefer highly spiced leftovers.

it's an interesting book, which i bought after someone here mentioned
it. shown above, used, for a few cents plus shipping, it's well worth
it. it includes the complete tale of the mcillhenny co. and tabasco
sauce, and tales of some botanists who obsessed with peppers.

your pal,
blake
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