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Toxic insects, primarily beetles, in the diets of these toxic birds are the most common sources for the bird’s toxicity. In the New Guinea bird species of Pitohui and Ifrita, the beetles of genus Choresine, natively known as nanisani, are pivotal food sources, and toxin sources, of these birds. [6]
Fugu contains lethal amounts of the poison tetrodotoxin in its organs, especially the liver, ovaries, eyes, and skin. [4] The poison, a sodium channel blocker, [5] paralyzes the muscles while the victim stays fully conscious; [6] the poisoned victim is unable to breathe and eventually dies from asphyxiation. [7] There is no known antidote for ...
Brodifacoum is a highly lethal 4-hydroxycoumarin vitamin K antagonist anticoagulant poison.In recent years, it has become one of the world's most widely used pesticides.It is typically used as a rodenticide, but is also used to control larger pests such as possums.
Coturnism is an illness featuring muscle tenderness and rhabdomyolysis [1] (muscle cell breakdown) after consuming quail (usually common quail, Coturnix coturnix, [2] from which the name derives) that have fed on poisonous plants.
An "incident" of chemical food contamination may be defined as an episodic occurrence of adverse health effects in humans (or animals that might be consumed by humans) following high exposure to particular chemicals, or instances where episodically high concentrations of chemical hazards were detected in the food chain and traced back to a particular event.
Solanum pseudocapsicum is a nightshade species with mildly poisonous fruit. [1] It is commonly known as the Jerusalem cherry , [ 2 ] Madeira winter cherry , or, ambiguously, " winter cherry ". These perennials can be grown decoratively as house plants, but in some areas of South Africa , India , Australia and New Zealand it is regarded as a weed .
Birds of prey are the most affected because they are at the top of the food chain and toxins accumulate. Commonly used avicides include strychnine (also used as rodenticide and predacide), DRC-1339 (3-chloro-4-methylaniline hydrochloride, Starlicide) and CPTH (3-chloro-p-toluidine, the free base of Starlicide), Avitrol (4-aminopyridine) and ...
Breaking a mirror is said to bring seven years of bad luck [1]; A bird or flock of birds going from left to right () [citation needed]Certain numbers: The number 4.Fear of the number 4 is known as tetraphobia; in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean languages, the number sounds like the word for "death".