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Hubert Flottz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-09-10 09:42 AM
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31. Well I wasn't there, but I'm betting she probably was.
Edited on Sun May-09-10 09:48 AM by Hubert Flottz
Why else would a man have been that spellbound by a total fire and brimstone breathing, neanderthal, shrew/barbie?

Shrew Shot Venom Through Blood-Red Teeth

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The remains also reveal that the red-toothed shrew was capable of "injecting toxic saliva" like snakes do, via a "narrow and conspicuous channel" located on the inside surface of its lower incisors, said Juan Rofes, lead author of a new study of the shrew and a researcher in the Paleontology Department at the University of Zaragoza (UNIZAR).

"This was a mechanism very similar to that of the modern solenodons and almiquis, which are close relatives of the shrews and live on the islands of Cuba and Haiti," Rofes told SINC, a Spanish science news and information service. The results of his study are in the April issue of the Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.


Read More: http://www.livescience.com/animals/090519-venom-shrew.html

Sarah has the Venom Shooting part down pat.
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