Re: Vines and the Coriolis Effect

From: Tim McNinch <newton at cin.net> on 1996.12.29 at 20:05:40(23) To skeptics: Yet another question which is getting entirely off subject, will our family dog, Halley (after the comet), who rotates clockwise once or twice before she lies down (an old innate habit of chasing snakes away from the immediate area prior to sleep) turn counter-clockwise to do this in the southern hemisphere? How does phototropism get along with this Coryollis effect? And we all know that plants growing in the southern hemisphere are essentially growing up-side-down, so does geotropism come into play? How far does a plant need to be from the equator to be allowed to turn the other cheek? Losing sleep over these issues... I remain, Tim +More Happy new year to all. -- --------------------------------------------- [ Tim McNinch (IAS) Illinois zone 4-5 ] [ Greenhouseman wannabe ] [ ] [ E-Mail NEWTON@CIN.NET ] [ ] [ "The difference between the right word ] [ and the almost right word is the difference ] [ between lightning and the lightning bug." ] [ Mark Twain ] ---------------------------------------------

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