http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2009/10/29/venomous-shrews-and-lizards-evolved-toxic-proteins-in-the-same-way/ Mon, 26 Nov 2012 12:00:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2009/10/29/venomous-shrews-and-lizards-evolved-toxic-proteins-in-the-same-way/#comment-5143 MattK Fri, 30 Oct 2009 06:17:48 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2009/10/29/venomous-shrews-and-lizards-evolved-toxic-proteins-in-the-same-way/#comment-5143 Blarina (Short-tailed shrews) are quite common where I live. I wrote a paper on them for a class several years ago. At the time I could find little about the venom and reports of effects of bites to humans were sparse and contradictory. I have always been curious but in the few times that I have had the opportunity, I haven't had the guts to get bitten. Blarina (Short-tailed shrews) are quite common where I live. I wrote a paper on them for a class several years ago. At the time I could find little about the venom and reports of effects of bites to humans were sparse and contradictory. I have always been curious but in the few times that I have had the opportunity, I haven’t had the guts to get bitten.

]]> http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2009/10/29/venomous-shrews-and-lizards-evolved-toxic-proteins-in-the-same-way/#comment-5142 Nathan Myers Thu, 29 Oct 2009 19:37:21 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2009/10/29/venomous-shrews-and-lizards-evolved-toxic-proteins-in-the-same-way/#comment-5142 You need a new head, Ed. You need a new head, Ed.

]]> http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2009/10/29/venomous-shrews-and-lizards-evolved-toxic-proteins-in-the-same-way/#comment-5141 Ed Yong Thu, 29 Oct 2009 18:40:51 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2009/10/29/venomous-shrews-and-lizards-evolved-toxic-proteins-in-the-same-way/#comment-5141 See, in my head, "several" is essentially "anything more than 5" with no maximum threshold. See, in my head, “several” is essentially “anything more than 5″ with no maximum threshold.

]]> http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2009/10/29/venomous-shrews-and-lizards-evolved-toxic-proteins-in-the-same-way/#comment-5140 Nathan Myers Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:53:46 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2009/10/29/venomous-shrews-and-lizards-evolved-toxic-proteins-in-the-same-way/#comment-5140 "Several" million? Doesn't the split go back before the Permian era, to the Carboniferous, 300 million years ago? “Several” million? Doesn’t the split go back before the Permian era, to the Carboniferous, 300 million years ago?

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