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Post by Neko Bazu on May 31, 2007 13:00:19 GMT -1
...you look up 'cuttlefish' on wikipedia, and find yourself looking up organic neurotoxin components in detail by the end of it. Some of the stuff those animals use (not just the main poison, but the other chemicals they release with it) are just brutal!
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Post by thales on May 31, 2007 13:01:46 GMT -1
...you look up 'cuttlefish' on wikipedia, and find yourself looking up organic neurotoxin components in detail by the end of it. Some of the stuff those animals use (not just the main poison, but the other chemicals they release with it) are just brutal!
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Post by mortontheblade on May 31, 2007 13:08:13 GMT -1
Some of the stuff those animals use (not just the main poison, but the other chemicals they release with it) are just brutal! you shouldn't be standing down wind of me
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Post by Neko Bazu on May 31, 2007 13:12:09 GMT -1
One that fascinated me was the 'Blue-Ringed Octopus'. Spectacular-looking creature: but oh-so-fawking deadly. The major venom is tetrodotoxin, but look at some of the stuff it injects with it: Tetrodotoxin - the main venom; is the same poison as seen in pufferfish. Causes death by binding to the sodium channels of nerve endings, thereby restricting communication and effectively causing paralysis and suffocation. Acetylcholine - binds to receptors on muscle fibres and causes the afore-mentioned sodium channels to open (massively increases the effectiveness of said toxin) Tyramine - causes blood pressure increases of 30mmHg or more ('normal' blood pressure is 120mmHg) Hyaluronidase - increases tissue permeability, thus enabling the injected chemicals to disperse much more rapidly Histamine - induces sleep Taurine - inhibits neurotransmission (complementing the initial toxin's effect) All that stuff, venom aside, is normally used in medicine for beneficial purposes too!
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Post by Neko Bazu on May 31, 2007 13:30:07 GMT -1
Oh fine, ignore my efforts at generating discussion! Don't blame me when you ingest some polonium tetrodotoxide and don't know what to do! *skulks off to stomp over matchstick village*
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Post by thales on May 31, 2007 13:33:14 GMT -1
Ocean sunfish
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Post by mortontheblade on May 31, 2007 13:35:03 GMT -1
is cod poisonious?
.... i don't wanna die from fish and chips!
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Post by thales on May 31, 2007 13:36:51 GMT -1
is cod poisonious? .... i don't wanna die from fish and chips! can be, just depends who cooks it
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Post by mortontheblade on May 31, 2007 13:37:50 GMT -1
is cod poisonious? .... i don't wanna die from fish and chips! can be, just depends who cooks it little chinese lady...?
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Post by CmonYouSpurs on May 31, 2007 17:25:33 GMT -1
can be, just depends who cooks it little chinese lady...? dont touch it
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