This is teosinte, or zea, the original ancestor of modern corn
7 years ago by boardfast · 1124 Likes · 11 comments · Popular
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diyrogue
· 7 years ago
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Tinier tiny corn
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deleted
· 7 years ago
Micro corn
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i_
· 7 years ago
That looks absolutely miserable to try and cultivate
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willfree
· 7 years ago
I wonder how similar the taste is to modern corn
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kakaburra
· 7 years ago
The purple one is pretty.
mrscollector
· 7 years ago
Now I see why the pilgrims were starving that first year.
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creativedragonbaby
· 7 years ago
AND PEOPLE SAY GMO IS BAD
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third
· 7 years ago
As done currently, it has the potential to be very, very bad. Surprise, surprise we don't really know because apparently it's cheaper to spend billions of dollars on propaganda fighting those kinds of tests than to actually be really sure they're safe.
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creativedragonbaby
· 7 years ago
Yes, but genetically engineering things are under strict regulation. :/
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third
· 7 years ago
Supposedly.
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deleted
· 7 years ago
As we speak, the army is genetically engineering Jackson's Chameleons to be killing machines.
