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Why Are Some Animals Venomous
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Viewers like you help make PBS (Thank you 😃) . Support your local PBS Member Station here: https://to.pbs.org/PBSDSDonate • Check out “Venomous” by Christie Wilcox: http://bit.ly/VenomousBook • Help us translate this video! http://www.youtube.com/timedtext_vide... • ↓ More info and sources below ↓ • Get yourself an awesome IOTBS shirt! http://dftba.com/besmart • Learn more: • LD50’s of various venomous snakes: http://snakedatabase.org/pages/LD50.php • Lynne Isbell’s “The Fruit, the Tree, and the Serpent” http://amzn.to/2afXQ91 • Fry, Bryan G., et al. Early evolution of the venom system in lizards and snakes. Nature 439.7076 (2006): 584-588. http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/... • Reyes-Velasco, Jacobo, et al. Expression of venom gene homologs in diverse python tissues suggests a new model for the evolution of snake venom. Molecular biology and evolution 32.1 (2015): 173-183. http://mbe.oxfordjournals.org/content... • Drabeck, Danielle H., Antony M. Dean, and Sharon A. Jansa. Why the honey badger don't care: Convergent evolution of venom-targeted nicotinic acetylcholine receptors in mammals that survive venomous snake bites. Toxicon 99 (2015): 68-72. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/... • Opossum venom resistance: https://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/pr... • Reddit AMA with Steve Ludwin, a snake venom self-immunizer: / iama_guy_whos_been_injecting_deadly_snake_... • Van Le, Quan, et al. Pulvinar neurons reveal neurobiological evidence of past selection for rapid detection of snakes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 110.47 (2013): 19000-19005. http://www.pnas.org/content/110/47/19... • Thrasher, Cat, and Vanessa LoBue. Do infants find snakes aversive? Infants’ physiological responses to “fear-relevant” stimuli. Journal of experimental child psychology 142 (2016): 382-390. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/... • ---------------- • It’s Okay To Be Smart is written and hosted by Joe Hanson, Ph.D. • Have an idea for an episode or an amazing science question you want answered? Leave a comment or check us out at the links below! • Facebook: / itsokaytobesmart • Twitter: / okaytobesmart • / jtotheizzoe • Tumblr: http://www.itsokaytobesmart.com • Instagram: / jtotheizzoe • Snapchat: YoDrJoe • Produced by PBS Digital Studios • Music via APM • Stock images from SciencePhoto http://www.sciencephoto.com/ and Shutterstock http://www.shutterstock.com • Stock footage from Videoblocks (unless otherwise noted) http://www.videoblocks.com
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