Re: Pure tetraploid salmon.
- Subject: Re: Pure tetraploid salmon.
- From: K* G*
- Date: Tue, 03 Jul 2001 06:10:47 -0500
Chick wrote:
> Alex Waterhouse-Hayward wrote:
>
> > I was amazed to find out
> > about tremendous tetraploid salmon that will never be seen in any markets
> > because of their deformed heads. As the biologist told me, " Who would want
> > to look at these at the dinner table?"
> >
>
> I had a girlfrend in college that had a deformed head, and I agree completely.
> I hardly ever took her out to dinner. It never occured to me then that she
> might be a tetraploid.
The salmon with the deformed head begs other questions. E.g., although the head
is deformed it is unlikely that a restaurant diner would ever see the it. You all
should ask to see the head before you consume the salmon in restaurants. It could
all be a conspiracy.
Does tetraploid = deformed head?
Kris
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