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July 9, 2012 01:09 pm PDT
Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/jkELnzxsoWg/you-cannot-poison-an-opossum.html
You cannot poison an opossum
As we established last week, marsupial biology is freaking crazy. Here's more proof. For this, you don't even need to go to exotic Australia. The common American opossum produces a protein called Lethal Toxin-Neutralizing Factor (LTNF). This protein does pretty much what the name implies—seeking out potentially deadly poisons and neutralizing them. The benefit: Opossums [...]Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/jkELnzxsoWg/you-cannot-poison-an-opossum.html
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