#poisondartfrogs — Public Fediverse posts
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Navalny died after being poisoned with dart frog toxin by Russia, UK says https://www.byteseu.com/1800416/ #AlexeiNavalny #Britain #KeirStarmer #LethalToxin #means #MotiveAndOpportunity #PoisonDartFrogs #Putin #Russia #RussianOppositionLeader #TheKremlin #YuliaNavalnaya #YvetteCooper
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#Protein allows poison dart #frogs to accumulate toxins safely
https://phys.org/news/2023-12-protein-poison-dart-frogs-accumulate.htmlBinding and sequestration of poison #frog alkaloids by a plasma globulin https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspb.2023.2177
"In humans, the liver can safely metabolize modest amounts of these compounds. Tiny #PoisonDartFrogs consume far more toxic #alkaloids in their diets, but instead of breaking the #toxins down, they accumulate them in their skin as a defense mechanism against predators."
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Mysteries of the poisonous amphibians - Enlarge / A Granular Poison Frog (Oophaga granulifera) sits on the edg... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1934425 #poisondartfrogs #amphibians #neurotxoin #canetoads #science #poison #newts