Why the scarlet velvet ant's sting is so painful to so many different species

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Jan 7, 2025, 9:35 am141 pts
A team of biologists, neurologists and chemists at Indiana University has discovered why the velvet ant's sting is so painful to so many different types of creatures. In their paper published in Current Biology, the group describes their study of all of the peptides found in the insect's venom.

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