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Tarantulas produce silk from their feet

Researchers have found for the first time that tarantulas can produce silk from their feet as well as their spinnerets, a discovery with profound implications for why spiders began to spin silk in the first place. Adam Summers, a UC Irvine professor of ecology and evolutionary biology, was among the team of scientists who made the discovery using zebra tarantulas from Costa Rica. The tea...

Tarantula venom and chili peppers target same pain sensor

Venom from a West Indian tarantula has been shown to cause pain by exciting the same nerve cells in mice that sense high temperatures and the hot, spicy ingredient in chili peppers, UCSF scientists have discovered. The findings demonstrate that some plants and animals have evolved the same molecular strategy to deter predators -- triggering pain by activating a specific receptor on sensory...
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Tidbits on Tarantula bites and fiery Pepper sensations!

In a recent study that was published by scientists from UCSF a leading university that advances health worldwide by conducting advanced biomedical research //it was established that the same nerves are sensitized when tarantula venom is introduced to mice as hot chili peppers when fed to them. This experiment throws interestingly proves that the defensive mechanism of some animals and...
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