Tuesday, November 23, 2021

How to eat a poison butterfly

In high enough concentrations, milkweed can kill a horse, or a human. To be able to eat this plant, monarchs evolved a set of unusual cellular mutations. New research shows the animals that prey on monarchs also evolved these same mutations.

from Latest Science News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/3CNH9Pd

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