"behold the craftiness of the evil-doer."
Apparantly ten foot high cannabis plants planted close to together for strictly medicinal export purposes are
difficult to burn.
Not even White phosophorus (the soldier's friend) will clear a field of grass. This is bad news for Canadian troops attached to NATO in Afghanistan as they must resort to burning the areas with diesel. A very smelly & nauseating noxioum ambience resulting.
This is exactly what the Taleban fellow wants of course. These plucky insurgent manaics lurk in the vegetation taking advantage of its heat's keeping properties to foil the infra-red & motion detectors of the Allied army.
& then they pounce.
stirring stuff.
Oh yep & a carnivorous plant ate a mouse in Lyons France.
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