The versatility of toxins

2 years ago

Scientists are constantly finding new animals that employ toxins in weird, interesting ways.Recently, researchers discovered the very first venomous crustacean.Out of 70,000 species of crustaceans,only this one little remipede is venomous.Speleonectes tulumensis has figured out how to create a cocktail of toxins that it delivers through its tiny fangs.Scientists aren't totally sure how this venom works yet,but they think that it causes the unwitting victims' neurons to fire over and over and over again until it becomes paralyzed.

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