Soil I need and water for drinking,
48 chromosomes but none for thinking,
Covered in eyes but never blinking.
What am I?
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48 chromosomes but none for thinking,
Covered in eyes but never blinking.
What am I?
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Soil I need and water for drinking,
Potatoes come from soil and need water as they are plants
48 chromosomes but none for thinking,
Potatoes have 48 chromosomes but don't think as they have no brains
Covered in eyes but never blinking.
Potato eyes are tiny holes from which sprouts grow
More specific than (the original version of) Beastly's answer, it's
a potato.
Soil I need and water for drinking,
Potato plants need soil and water to survive.
48 chromosomes but none for thinking,
Potatoes have 48 chromosomes, but they don't think because they're plants.
Covered in eyes but never blinking.
Potatoes have eyes, but they don't blink because they're plants.