Although platypus venom has a broadly similar range of effects and - TopicsExpress



          

Although platypus venom has a broadly similar range of effects and is known to consist of a similar selection of substances to reptilian venom, it appears to have a different function from those poisons produced by non-mammalian species: its effects are not life threatening but nevertheless powerful enough to seriously impair the victim, which can cause temporary paralysis. It is not used as a method of disabling or killing prey, and although it acts as a defensive mechanism, only males produce venom. Since production rises during the breeding season it is theorized that it is used as an offensive weapon to assert dominance and control territory during this period
Posted on: Tue, 22 Oct 2013 03:29:41 +0000

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