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Post by TheAnt on Jan 12, 2011 21:51:37 GMT -5
Lactuca or Dicentra? (bleeding heart)
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Post by Jiao on Jan 13, 2011 8:18:01 GMT -5
No, not yet, though I love Dicentra as an answer...
I know this is hard, especially since Mr. Google won't help much ;D, but I promise you won't be disappointed by the solution. I will expand the riddle by another verse as soon as I find my next silver/crystal...
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Post by Jiao on Jan 14, 2011 8:26:19 GMT -5
I just found a crystal, so as promised I added a third rhyme to the riddle. I think you will find it now much easier to solve...
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Post by TheAnt on Jan 14, 2011 20:55:38 GMT -5
clover??
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Post by Jiao on Jan 15, 2011 9:45:06 GMT -5
*Tata tadadaaa*
We have a winner, congraz TheAnt!!!
Some might wonder how clover bleeds (obviously one of the key elements of the riddle). Clover has nodules on its roots. If you cut one of these root nodules in half it bleeds in an orangshish/rusty color, the liquid tastes metalic and contains leghaemoglobin (a homologue to the haemoglobin in human blood). But why? In these nodules there live symbiotic bacteria capable of nitrogen fixation (making nitrogen from the air available as organic compound). This process is extremely sensitive to oxygen and therefore oxygen concentration in the root nodules is regulated by this "blood".
So I hope you enjoyed the riddle and join me for the forrest mystery which I promise will be quite different and much easier.
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Post by TheAnt on Jan 16, 2011 20:39:40 GMT -5
ahhh, thanks jiao! that's real interesting. are u a botanist or something? ;D
thanks for the prizes too, very lovely! (:
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Post by Torra on Jan 16, 2011 21:16:54 GMT -5
Congratulations, Ant!!! No, he's a 'mad scientist'. He told us so in the "Help" thread. Great riddle and even better explanation. But, please, Jiao, don't make the next one any easier, it's more fun the harder it is to solve.
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Post by sirinnu on Jan 16, 2011 21:49:33 GMT -5
grats ant! that was a nice contest! I'm sure tripop could have solved it too, since he collects clovers, 4-5-6 leaves ones as torra requested, make us think, , we like hard riddles (as some mind games we have here) I really wanted to to solve this one , but when I went outside to look in my backyard to get ideas, all I 've seen was snow!!!
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Post by Jiao on Jan 18, 2011 13:41:51 GMT -5
Well Sir, I don't think there is any clover in Singapur as it is not aesthetically pleasing enough , so no excuses... I can certainly give you a hard riddle, but I have already written one for the forest so you get that one as an easy interlude...
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