(August 28, 2016 at 2:47 pm)Alex K Wrote: I think some specific prey animals had evolved increasing immunity to the venom, which led to venom arms races causing some snakes to be incredibly poisonous to other animals that aren't normally prey
I've read about arms races, didn't think of that though, you're porbably right.
Some thoughts:
Because the prey is usually very small, the amount of venom they get is a lot relative to their size, so even though they are better adapted to handle it, they react just as strongly to the venom as we do...?
What does a poisonous predator have to gain from very weakly poisoning a prey, like the earliest spiders probably did? Is that really a strong enough pressure for the first incidental venomous spider to have a real advantage?
Btw, will make an intro!
