Monday, June 05, 2006

We Are All Hybrids....

[Thanks for R. Alta Charo for the title]

By Rick Weiss of the Washington Post:

So you think you are the self-reliant type.

A rugged individualist.

Well, give it up. You'd be nothing without the trillions of microbial minions toiling in your large intestine, performing crucial physiological functions that your highfalutin human cells wouldn't have a clue how to do.

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