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Yew and snail
Published: 2007-10-08 07:01:18 +0000 UTC; Views: 51057; Favourites: 3590; Downloads: 1817
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I found a seed of yew ( Taxus baccata ) with a snail on it. I put seed to the table and took photo...Related content
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I've never seen such seeds! At first i thought it's a cherry or something like that. 
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Did you know that the aril (the red fleshy part of the seed) is the only edible part of the yew?
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Yep, that's why I collected it 
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I love ewe, too.
I mean yew.
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o kurczę - wchodzę na dA raz na ruski rok i proszę! Ale fuks - mogę na świeżo pogratulować wyróżnienia
ps: Ależ oni są spóźnieni...ten uroczy ślimaczek jest już dawno w moich favach
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Ale, tak czy inaczej miło... to pierwszy raz kiedy spotkało mnie wyróżnienie... no dobra, był jeszcze comiesięczny konkurs Klubu Konica Minolta
Żeby tak znowu robić jakieś sensowne zdjęcia, ehh, brak mi weny...
Dzięki za gratulacje
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awww, adorable. Perfect shot, well done!
(I used to have 3 pet snails, lol ^^)
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Aww. The snail looks so adorable. 
Congratulations with the DD! 
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he's really working up a sweat! 
Great photo!
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I thought it was a cherry, but a Yew Seed works just as well. ^_^
Cute Snail! 8D
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That's thanks to back-light.
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it is indeed.
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Wow,I really love this.The color Is beautiful and the lighting Is perfect.
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Sometimes ugly, grey kitchens are useful - here, it gave nice contrast to yew seed and snail
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AWWWW!!! Did you know that the red fruit around the seed is the only part of the yew plant that's not deadly poisonous? I tasted one some time ago because I was curious. The texture is appalling (being closer to egg white than anything)but it tasted faintly sweet and watery. I did spit it out, just to be safe
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Yeah, that's how I found it anyway - I was picking up "fruits" ( actually this is not a fruit in scientific sense ) to eat them later on, when I found the snail. I love yew seed, you can eat it a lot, don't be afraid. Just do not seed inside - that's poisonous as well
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From what I know the whole "red berry" is a drupe, the actual seed being the stone inside (which is poisonous. I know. Along with everything else except the egg white part.
What do you use them for? Are you a vegetarian or do you just like wild fruits? (My mother is all for wild plants, too. She keeps making "pop-corn" out of grass seeds and stuff like that.)
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Wikipedia: "In biology (botany), on the other hand, a "fruit" is a part of a flowering plant" - as said before, in scientific term it is not a fruit as yew is not flowering plant, but: "In broad terms, a fruit is a structure of a plant that contains its seeds." - it is fruit in common way
Anyway, if it comes to eating. It's just tasty, I like it so why not eating? and yes, I like natural food, growing in the forest, wild ones, they are the best
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Well, first of you have to know that I'm not a native speaker. My mother language is actually German and it's a bit difficult to talk "science" that way
Forestry sounds interesting. What exactly do you do? Plan to plant new woods? Or keep the old ones alive?
I don't know what kinds of seeds my mother uses. She collected them in the vineyards behind the house but she told me that you can "pop" virtually anything. Any grass seed, that is. It's an art to get the right heat and the right amount of oil in the pan, though.
Mind if I friend you? I like talking with you
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No problem, friend me
I'm not native speaker either ( Poland
If it comes to frestry... in general forestry i a science of keeping the forest alive. Look that i said forest, not trees. If you want an ecosystem to be alive, it's elements need to die, thus we learn how to cut ( "kill" ) trees and how to plant new ( "rebirth" ). Everything so that it was continuous process... because human civilisation cannot survive without wood, we constantly need it, a lot.
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It's sooo cool how English connects people!
Your job is certainly very important! Especially nowadays when noone understands nature any more
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Hm... people never understood nature in fact, the point is to keep trying...
Anyway, I won't be forester rather, in Poland it's difficult to get a job as a forester and you earn VERY little money for this job ( 230e/month ). I go a little deep into GIS, remote sensing etc.
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Very touching. The colors and composition are fantastic, too.
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Didn't want to interfere
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Love the backlighting! Great shot. That looks like a high jump for the snail.
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