On Wed, 16 Jul 2008 15:43:05 -0400, blake murphy
> wrote:

>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.
>
Thanks for the reminder. That's probably where I heard about it. And
ironically it was I who recommended the book here.
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modom
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