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:
“What we call National-Socialism is the poisonous perversion of ideas which have a long history in German intellectual life.”
—Thomas Mann (1875–1955)
“Let him
Who was love’s teacher teach you too love’s cure;
Let the same hand that wounded bring the balm.
Healing and poisonous herbs the same soil bears,
And rose and nettle oft grow side by side.”
—Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso)
“Compassion is the antitoxin of the soul: where there is compassion even the most poisonous impulses remain relatively harmless.”
—Eric Hoffer (1902–1983)