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Have Nut Will Travel  
Say... is this mimicry in the highest order? Ha ha! This coconut blended
in easily with the boulders which were man-laid in the newly created beach
of Ponggol end. But on a more serious note, it is a plant of a thousand uses.
Pacific islanders have much to thank, for without the coconut (and its long-lasting
bouyancy), it would not have been possible for their ancesters to make the long
and arduous migration they took (with coconuts in tow) across the vast ocean
in search of their present home.

And the next time you take a charcoal pill, think of the coconut too.
Cocos nucifera (Family: Palmae)
  ©Joseph Lai 2003