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• Warl0k3@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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.

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  • ummthatguy@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    As a self proclaimed “marine biologist,” I can neither confirm nor deny.

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