Woodrats use 'quantity over quality' as a detox plan, study finds

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Jan 10, 2025, 11:04 am72 pts
Woodrats (Neotoma spp.) are one of the only animals that can tolerate large quantities of creosote, a shrub with leaves coated in a chemical cocktail of poisonous resin. The critter's constitution has astounded biologists and represents a decades-long debate—over evolutionary time, how do animals adapt to a…

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