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ummthatguy@lemmy.world 2 days agoI’m sure birds are immune as well as Steve-O, can’t say for sure of rodents.
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ummthatguy@lemmy.world 2 days agoI’m sure birds are immune as well as Steve-O, can’t say for sure of rodents.
Warl0k3@lemmy.world 2 days ago
From a tiny amount of reading (and a complete lack of a biology degree…) it’s that the rodent taste buds just react differently to the capsaicin, so it doesn’t hit the sodium channels in the pain receptor ‘stack’ in the same way as it does in humans.
I think.
ummthatguy@lemmy.world 2 days ago
As a self proclaimed “marine biologist,” I can neither confirm nor deny.
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