Having your (toad) cake and getting your toxins too!

[Mendel's Balls]

The first case of a vertebrate getting its toxin from a carnivorous diet.

See:

http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?art...8A12ACF6BB25D8

http://www.livescience.com/animalwor...oad_toxin.html

http://www.newscientist.com/article/...eir-venom.html

The Scientific American Article is probably the best written piece in my opinion, but the pics from Livescience are nice.

[lillyorchid]

That is pretty fascinating!

[wildlifewarrior]

Thats really interesting! Very cool that they aren't just immune to the toxins but can utilize them as well. Great post mendel!


~mike

[Entropy]

Very interesting post Mendel, thanks for sharing!