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BGF
at Fri Sep 10 02:51:18 2004 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by BGF ]
>>It looked to me that they based the claim on immates saying that they were being raised for venom. Who is not to say that the venom was to be used as a weapon? Like a poison arrow or something.
A very interesting question. Yes, that certainly may have been a consideration. However, the redback venom is composed primarly of large, unstable molecules, with more resilient, small peptides forming a lesser percentage. So, it would break down rather quickly unless they had converted their fridge into a freeze dryer, next to the sink being made into a hydroponic system for their pot plants ;-p
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Dr. Bryan Grieg Fry
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Australian Venom Research Unit,
University of Melbourne
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Population and Evolutionary Genetics Unit,
Museum Victoria
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RE: OZ Press: Deadly spiders as prison drugs - BGF, Fri Sep 10 02:51:18 2004