Poisonous
A number of mammals are poisonous to eat. One unusual case is the African crested rat. This mammal chews the bark of the deadly poisonous poison arrow tree and then applies the mixture on its specially adapted crest of black and white fur on it flanks. The hair in this fur is adapted to be able to pick up and hold more poison than could coat a normal hair.
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Famous quotes containing the word poisonous:
“O sovereign mistress of true melancholy,
The poisonous damp of night disponge upon me,
That life, a very rebel to my will,
May hang no longer on me. Throw my heart
Against the flint and hardness of my fault,
Which, being dried with grief, will break to powder
And finish all foul thoughts. O Antony,
Nobler than my revolt is infamous,
Forgive me in thine own particular,
But let the world rank me in register
A master-leaver and a fugitive.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“Compassion is the antitoxin of the soul: where there is compassion even the most poisonous impulses remain relatively harmless.”
—Eric Hoffer (1902–1983)
“What we call National-Socialism is the poisonous perversion of ideas which have a long history in German intellectual life.”
—Thomas Mann (1875–1955)