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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Can't live with it. Can't set it on fire.
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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!
@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!
@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!
@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!
@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!
@serebit One for you?
