toomanypancakes to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish • 14 days agoHow did you fuck up recently?message-square108fedilinkarrow-up1140arrow-down10file-text
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minus-square@Ledericas@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglish3•13 days agomillipedes produce hydrogen cyanide as a defense mechanism
minus-squaredandelion (she/her)linkfedilink2•13 days agoI think that’s why some of them smell like cherry coke - though I’ve never noticed a garden millipede smell that way.
minus-square@Ledericas@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglish2•edit-213 days agoyea the smell of almonds is H-CN being produced, its nowhere enough to become toxic to people. i remember theres a video about lemurs getting high off of the millipedes secretion, i assume its hydrogen cyanide.
millipedes produce hydrogen cyanide as a defense mechanism
I think that’s why some of them smell like cherry coke - though I’ve never noticed a garden millipede smell that way.
yea the smell of almonds is H-CN being produced, its nowhere enough to become toxic to people. i remember theres a video about lemurs getting high off of the millipedes secretion, i assume its hydrogen cyanide.