Paola M’s Reviews > Doctors by Nature: How Ants, Apes, and Other Animals Heal Themselves > Status Update
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alkaloids: morphine, cocaine, quinine
salicylic acid: base of aspirin
propolis
bee sons - drones: don't do work and don't sting
pupae, pupate
geophagy: earth eating
Caribbean Primate research center at the University of PR
141 rhesus macaques on PR island Cayo Santiago
Ayurvedic
— Jun 24, 2025 09:15PM
salicylic acid: base of aspirin
propolis
bee sons - drones: don't do work and don't sting
pupae, pupate
geophagy: earth eating
Caribbean Primate research center at the University of PR
141 rhesus macaques on PR island Cayo Santiago
Ayurvedic
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primary metabolites - carbohydrates, fats and aminoacids
secondary metabolites - terpenes, alkaloids, saponins, quinones, flavonoidss
plants have been attacked by insects for hundreds of millions of years. Yet plants are still here. And that means they must be quite good at protecting themselves.
G. Fraenkel concluded that secondary metabolites are there for one major reason: to protect plants from insects.
— Jun 24, 2025 09:15PM
secondary metabolites - terpenes, alkaloids, saponins, quinones, flavonoidss
plants have been attacked by insects for hundreds of millions of years. Yet plants are still here. And that means they must be quite good at protecting themselves.
G. Fraenkel concluded that secondary metabolites are there for one major reason: to protect plants from insects.
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medicating vs being manipulated by pathogens / prasites
hairworms in crickets
barber's pole worm in sheep
tears of chios
— Jun 18, 2025 07:20PM
hairworms in crickets
barber's pole worm in sheep
tears of chios
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Kyoto University: birthplace of primatology in Japan
Mahale Mountains National Park in Tanzania
WaTongwe
Gombe National Park
Kibale National Park
— May 30, 2025 09:16AM
Mahale Mountains National Park in Tanzania
WaTongwe
Gombe National Park
Kibale National Park
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monarchs, cardenolides - milkweeds
A monarch mother medicates offsprings by laying eggs in medicinal tropical milkweed reducing infection of OE parasites
prophylaxis: to eat foods and antiparasitic compounds before they get sick
therapeutic: use of medicinal compounds when already infected
body anointing: to rub antiparasitic substances into their fur
fumigation: to add antiparasitic subs to their living quarters
— May 29, 2025 09:37PM
A monarch mother medicates offsprings by laying eggs in medicinal tropical milkweed reducing infection of OE parasites
prophylaxis: to eat foods and antiparasitic compounds before they get sick
therapeutic: use of medicinal compounds when already infected
body anointing: to rub antiparasitic substances into their fur
fumigation: to add antiparasitic subs to their living quarters
