A caterpillar that has a unique defence mechanism against some of their predators such as wolf spiders, find researchers. They discovered that a gene in hornworm caterpillars allowed them to puff nicotine out through their spiracles (tiny holes in their sides), from the tobacco that they ate, Fox News reported. Study researcher Ian Baldwin, a professor at the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology in Germany said that it was basically an insect ...
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