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Pitohui poison: from beetles?

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Subject: Pitohui poison: from beetles?
From: Dino Guy Ralph <ralph.miller@alumni.usc.edu>
Date: Mon, 01 Nov 2004 16:53:52 -0800
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It appears that the _Pitohui_, the New Guinea bird infamous for its toxic feathers and skin, derives its poison from a diet that includes beetles of the genus, _Choresine_. Columbian poison-dart frogs may likewise obtain their batrachotoxins from the closely related beetles they consume. See http://www.calacademy.org/geninfo/newsroom/releases/2004/DumbacherResearch.html.

Relevance: dinosaurs are birds. -------- "Dino Guy" Ralph W. Miller III Docent at the California Academy of Sciences proud member of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology

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