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« Reply #20 on: 04/03/2009 23:42:16 »
Quote from: Bored chemist on 03/03/2009 19:43:50
If you pick the right definition of successful you can make this a really odd concept.
For example, potatoes are enormously successful because they have trained humans to ensure that the potato is widely grown and will not become extinct if we can help it.
That makes the humble spud very successful.
And the tobacco plant!
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« Reply #21 on: 05/03/2009 20:18:35 »
Not to mention papaver somniferum and a bunch of others; good point.
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« Reply #22 on: 05/03/2009 20:33:20 »
Somehow I don't think that papaver somniferum can be a contributing factor to the success of the human race  [:D]
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« Reply #23 on: 05/03/2009 23:30:48 »
No. It's quite the other way round!
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« Reply #24 on: 10/03/2009 15:49:04 »
The most "successful" living organisms on the planet got to be bacteria. (someone mentioned viruses but they are not usually considered to be alive).

I just can't think of another animal that is spread out to as many places or adapted to as many conditions.

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« Reply #25 on: 12/03/2009 16:54:13 »
damiri - That is very true.
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