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[โ€“] jet@hackertalks.com 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Lectins, anti nutrients, oxalates (though these are not really in potatoes)

From an evolutionary perspective, animals can run away, hide, fight - to survive and reproduce. Plants, however, can't do any of those things, what they can do, is be toxic so that animals won't eat them.

[โ€“] stringere@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 weeks ago

That's my strategy, too!