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  • @ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca
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    The venom is toxic to the spider’s prey by acting on potassium and calcium ion channels. It also acts on the sodium ion channels of primates by coincidence.

    Wiki: Robustoxin

    • @ryannathans@aussie.zone
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      And is consequently non toxic to other mammals like cats

      • @BarrelAgedBoredom@lemm.ee
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        Do cats not have sodium ion channels?

        • @ryannathans@aussie.zone
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          I don’t make the rules. I’m gonna guess where/how the peptides bind are different in non primates

  • NaevaTheRat [she/her]
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    I’d think rats, except they came over carried on vermin. So who knows.

  • @sxt@lemmy.world
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    Where are his tits. That image of him is ruined for me

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