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Sydney Funnel Web
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A place for majestic STEMLORD peacocking, as well as memes about the realities of working in a lab.
Rules
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.
Wiki: Robustoxin
And is consequently non toxic to other mammals like cats
Why do cats get a pass? This is preposterous! I demand a redesign!
But isn't chocolate toxic to cats? You win some, you lose some.
No losing, only winning. I demand a reredesign!
Here you go:
Do cats not have sodium ion channels?
I don't make the rules. I'm gonna guess where/how the peptides bind are different in non primates