Monday, March 19, 2012

These Mammals Pack a Toxic Punch

By Nicholas Song

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/31/science/these-mammals-pack-a-toxic-punch.html?_r=3&ref=science

An illustration of an African crested rat

3 comments:

Luca  said...

This was an odd article. While it was stunning that a species of rats uses chemical weapons as a deterrent! I found it more interesting, however, the courage that the capuchins showed when they were spreading irritants on themselves.

Cooper said...

I never knew that skunks were poisonous... I only thought they sprayer to deter enemies.

Nate said...

Wow! This rat is very smart to rub itself against the poisonous tree to get poisonous pelt. I would have never though of that. Maybe they are smarter than us...