Interesting discovery - the rat that uses a lethal poison for self defence

[bassybill]

This rat smears virulent poison on its fur (whilst somehow remaining unaffected itself) as a defence against predators.

This is potentially of interest for developing new treatments for cardiac illnesses.

BBC News - African crested rat uses poison trick to foil predators

[MJ5150]

Link not working, but I found more info searching the article title.

-Mike

[Jools4001]

Oh...it's not a Mubarak thread then...

[colcifer]

Rats are awesome.