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Published online 29 January 2007 |
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| doi:10.1038/news070129-3
Corrected online: 2 March 2007
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Snakes that snack on poison
Predators take venom from prey and use it themselves.
They say you are what you eat. And that's especially true of Rhabdophis tigrinus — zoologists have discovered that this snake eats poisonous toads and keeps their venom for itself.
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