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Re: JP3 Thoughts (frilled Dilophosaurus revisited)

To: Daniel Bensen <dbensen@gotnet.net>
Subject: Re: JP3 Thoughts (frilled Dilophosaurus revisited)
From: christian farrell kammerer <cfkammer@midway.uchicago.edu>
Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2001 15:52:31 -0500 (CDT)
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On Tue, 24 Jul 2001, Daniel Bensen wrote:
> What about poisonous birds (or bird, that one that lives in the Amazon) and
> mammals (monotremes) what is their poison derived from?

I think you're referring to the pitohuis, the poisonous birds from New
Guinea. Their poison consists of complex batrachotoxins developed in the
skin and feathers. Let the venomous-feather-toting coelurosaur speculation
begin... :-)

-Christian Kammerer

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- Re: JP3 Thoughts (frilled Dilophosaurus revisited)
  - From: Daniel Bensen <dbensen@gotnet.net>

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