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My solution? Avoidance seems prudent!
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vladimir:Now that you've whetted our appetites I think you have to post them.
Thalassamania:Scientists in the United States have isolated a powerful agent in crocodile blood which could help conquer human infections immune to standard antibiotics. The discovery was made thanks to the curiosity of a BBC science producer filming a documentary on salt-water crocodiles in Australia, BBC Director-General Greg Dyke revealed on Thursday.
In tests, this substance kills strains of virulent bacteria that are resistant to all standard antibiotics. "She discussed this with a young croc expert who agreed that it would be interesting to try to find out why. After many adventures, they got their blood samples and last week a leading research institute isolated from these samples what I'm told is a novel anti-microbial peptide."
From the species we haven't killed off yet...OHGoDive:Wow. That's pretty amazing stuff. It never ceases to amaze me how much is out there that science has yet to discover... it really does boggle the mind.
DandyDon:From the species we haven't killed off yet...
OHGoDive:Makes you wonder, doesn't it? If some species held the solution to a global problem, or the cure to some disease, but was no longer available to us.... :shakehead
Not on Scubaboard. They are of a very large (~30ft) croc being killled and the 12 year old
catherine96821:Alligators pluck toddlers off yards in the swamps in Florida, I hear.
My grandmother lived in Punta Gorda and there were dead alligators on the road.