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[โ€“] nondescripthandle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 107 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Leemurs provoke centipedes to make them excrete their defensive toxin, but then the lemurs just use that toxin to get high and repel mosquitos.

[โ€“] maccentric@sh.itjust.works 38 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

The word just is doing a lot of heavy lifting there.

Get high and repel mosquitos?

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