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