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The Evolution of Rat Poison and Blood Thinners
The anticoagulant dicumarole and synthetic analogues, once found in mouldy sweet clover, are now commonly used in humans as anticoagulants, while blood thinners in rodenticides have evolved over time. Deadly nerve poison known as tetrodotoxin occurs in dozens of pufferfish species, yet Japan considers pufferfish a delicacy.