It's not weird for some species to incorporate toxins from their diet as defenses: poison dart frogs, monarch butterflies, sea slugs, etc
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It's not weird for some species to incorporate toxins from their diet as defenses: poison dart frogs, monarch butterflies, sea slugs, etc
But let's get weird and circuitous with it
#Nicotine was developed by plants to kill insects. As a quirk of #neurochemistry, humans use it addictively, so cigarette butts are everywhere
Birds have figured out they can use them in their nests to repel insect parasites
The original intention of nicotine
Weird!
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0003347226000011
@benroyce this stuff always has fascinated me! Also extra tidbit… did you know that hedgehogs 🦔 have learned this too!!! They will take cigarettes, chew them up a bit, then spread their nicotine filled saliva over their bodies
(They also do this with creosote) https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00zd354And don’t forget about the crows that bathe in formic acid from spitting ants!
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@benroyce Poison oak is the feisty bitch here. Loves to grow right in along with the blackberries.
@wendinoakland @benroyce
Almost no poison oak in the hills and streams is on my top five for moving to western Washington from the Bay Area. -
It's not weird for some species to incorporate toxins from their diet as defenses: poison dart frogs, monarch butterflies, sea slugs, etc
But let's get weird and circuitous with it
#Nicotine was developed by plants to kill insects. As a quirk of #neurochemistry, humans use it addictively, so cigarette butts are everywhere
Birds have figured out they can use them in their nests to repel insect parasites
The original intention of nicotine
Weird!
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0003347226000011
@benroyce Look at nature continuing to teach humans the right way to live.
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It's not weird for some species to incorporate toxins from their diet as defenses: poison dart frogs, monarch butterflies, sea slugs, etc
But let's get weird and circuitous with it
#Nicotine was developed by plants to kill insects. As a quirk of #neurochemistry, humans use it addictively, so cigarette butts are everywhere
Birds have figured out they can use them in their nests to repel insect parasites
The original intention of nicotine
Weird!
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0003347226000011
@benroyce will it work on politicians?
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@benroyce will it work on politicians?
unfortunately MAGA likes nicotine chews. so you might attract them
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unfortunately MAGA likes nicotine chews. so you might attract them
@benroyce so you can attract Trump supporters with poison. No wonder the country is fucked.
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It's not weird for some species to incorporate toxins from their diet as defenses: poison dart frogs, monarch butterflies, sea slugs, etc
But let's get weird and circuitous with it
#Nicotine was developed by plants to kill insects. As a quirk of #neurochemistry, humans use it addictively, so cigarette butts are everywhere
Birds have figured out they can use them in their nests to repel insect parasites
The original intention of nicotine
Weird!
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0003347226000011
@benroyce I first read: poison dog farts
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@benroyce I first read: poison dog farts
poison dart frogs aren't real. they are a dungeons and dragons monster. if you touch one you get hit with the magic spell "poison dog fart" for 2d12 damage
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poison dart frogs aren't real. they are a dungeons and dragons monster. if you touch one you get hit with the magic spell "poison dog fart" for 2d12 damage
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It's not weird for some species to incorporate toxins from their diet as defenses: poison dart frogs, monarch butterflies, sea slugs, etc
But let's get weird and circuitous with it
#Nicotine was developed by plants to kill insects. As a quirk of #neurochemistry, humans use it addictively, so cigarette butts are everywhere
Birds have figured out they can use them in their nests to repel insect parasites
The original intention of nicotine
Weird!
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0003347226000011
@serebit One for you?
