Comment on Sydney Funnel Web
ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
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.
Comment on Sydney Funnel Web
ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
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.
ryannathans@aussie.zone 2 weeks ago
And is consequently non toxic to other mammals like cats
Anticorp@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Why do cats get a pass? This is preposterous! I demand a redesign!
Echinoderm@aussie.zone 2 weeks ago
But isn’t chocolate toxic to cats? You win some, you lose some.
Flocklesscrow@lemm.ee 2 weeks ago
No losing, only winning. I demand a reredesign!
BarrelAgedBoredom@lemm.ee 2 weeks ago
Do cats not have sodium ion channels?
ryannathans@aussie.zone 2 weeks ago
I don’t make the rules. I’m gonna guess where/how the peptides bind are different in non primates