Caterpillar Mutations

Caterpillars and Worms around the world have been suffering from polution, and global warming, causing them to grow to giant insects and mutate into dangerous, poisonous bugs of their prehistoric ancestors. LINK: Youtube

The Hooded Pitohui - a Poisonous Bird

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Jack Dumbacher, an ornithologist at the California Academy of Science, describes the discovery of and studies of a neurotoxin produced by this bird from New Guinea. The batrachotoxin that the bird produces is a sodium-channel blocker that is chemically identical to the neurotoxin used by poison dart frogs, and it is potentially lethal in higher doses. One assumes that this evolved as a deterrent to predation, so it’s interesting that like monarchs and other toxic butterflies, this bird exhibits a strikingly bright warning coloration. LINK: Neatorama

The Antique Poison Bottle Hall of Fame

It’s part of the The Antique Poison Bottle Hall of Fame, where you’ll find all kinds of poison bottles submitted by owners from all over. Link, Via: Neatorama