Clever Poisonous Rats

Clever Poisonous RatsConstant Wonder • Season 2022, Episode 843, Segment 1

Jan 26, 2021 • 23m

Besides being the only mammal that uses plant toxins to defend itself, the African crested rat also has an interesting social life—one discovered almost by accident. Guest: Sara Weinstein, disease ecologist and postdoctoral fellow at the University of Utah and the Smithsonian Institution

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