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Topic: Magic Possum Antidote for Everything!
s1owhand Joined Fri 05/18/07 Posts: 29437	Mon 07/09/12 05:18 PM
LTFN protein. http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/opossum-protein-makes-them-immune-nearly-poisons-could-190604532.html Opossums may someday provide an antidote to nearly all forms of poison, including everything from snakebites to ricin. The Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins has found that the American opossum produces a protein known as Lethal Toxin-Neutralizing Factor (LTNF). And as the Boing Boing blog points out, the LTNF protein is exactly what it sounds like, seeking out otherwise lethal poisons that have entered an opossum's body and neutralizing them.

galendgirl Joined Sun 07/06/08 Posts: 24728	Mon 07/09/12 05:47 PM
LTFN protein. http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/opossum-protein-makes-them-immune-nearly-poisons-could-190604532.html Opossums may someday provide an antidote to nearly all forms of poison, including everything from snakebites to ricin. The Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins has found that the American opossum produces a protein known as Lethal Toxin-Neutralizing Factor (LTNF). And as the Boing Boing blog points out, the LTNF protein is exactly what it sounds like, seeking out otherwise lethal poisons that have entered an opossum's body and neutralizing them. WHAT???? I moved to Texas and got a nickname that now spells TROUBLE!

esebulldog Joined Wed 08/05/09 Posts: 22342	Mon 07/09/12 06:05 PM
don't change your nickname to armadillo

willing2 Joined Sun 06/08/08 Posts: 20221	Mon 07/09/12 06:31 PM
WHAT???? I moved to Texas and got a nickname that now spells TROUBLE! That might prove to be a good thang.

metalwing Joined Fri 11/14/08 Posts: 26218	Mon 07/09/12 07:20 PM


s1owhand Joined Fri 05/18/07 Posts: 29437	Mon 07/09/12 07:26 PM
Let's Hang Out!

metalwing Joined Fri 11/14/08 Posts: 26218	Tue 07/10/12 02:39 AM
A few years ago, I had a problem with possums eating all my cat food. I pulled out the ol' live capture trap and went to work. One of the possums I caught was an albino ... pure white. I was talking to my Mexican mechanic and mentioned what I caught. He begged for the possum because he had a friend with a skin disease whose only treatment was being rubbed by Possum grease from Albino Possums. Now it all makes sense!

Conrad_73 Joined Sat 09/29/07 Posts: 22488	Tue 07/10/12 03:53 AM
I think I am going to start raising Possums!

alleoops Joined Sat 08/06/11 Posts: 10832	Tue 07/10/12 08:46 AM
WHAT???? I moved to Texas and got a nickname that now spells TROUBLE! That might prove to be a good thang. Pigs will fly before I eat a Possum.

willing2 Joined Sun 06/08/08 Posts: 20221	Tue 07/10/12 11:31 AM
WHAT???? I moved to Texas and got a nickname that now spells TROUBLE! That might prove to be a good thang. Pigs will fly before I eat a Possum. I'd eat Possum. That is her nickname, don't ya' know!

alleoops Joined Sat 08/06/11 Posts: 10832	Tue 07/10/12 12:07 PM
WHAT???? I moved to Texas and got a nickname that now spells TROUBLE! That might prove to be a good thang. Pigs will fly before I eat a Possum. I'd eat Possum. That is her nickname, don't ya' know! Stop it.

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