IanF
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- Ian Faux
I only know the bare bones about tetradotoxins, aswell as T. Granulosa. I just happened to see a documentary (no idea what it was called sorry, just happened to randomly find it on the TV) anyway it was on the Evolution of Toxic newts. Of course it focused on the rough-skinned newt and was talking about how the theory was that the newts toxcicity increased to higher levels because some species of garter snake was resistant to their toxins. Anyway I found it all very interesting but the one question they didn't is how the snake resists the toxin. I know it isn't a protein-based toxin so I suppose enzymes wouldn't do the job. This may be all completely wrong but I'd appreciate it if anyone could tell me a little bit more about how TTX works, and how the snake resists it.
Thanks,
Ian
Thanks,
Ian