ENWC205 Chapter 7: Chapter 7 summary: For the Love of Insects
11 Dec 2017
School
Department
Course
Professor
Document Summary
Eisner himself had come across a similar situation involving millipedes at taughannock. Eisner starts off this chapter by talking about how how we as humans, have found ways. 7 of circumventing the harmful defenses of dangerous animals,such as the pufferfish. We know that the pufferfish is toxic, yet we still choose to take the risk of eating it. This same behavior can also be found in the animal world. Donald j. shure and his collaborators at emory. University were working in north carolina when they came across remnants of the red-spotted newt strewn across the ground. Some had their heads chopped off, some were sliced open. Whatever predator had attacked these newts knew exactly how to avoid the toxic parts of the animal. One species of millipede called narceus annularis has glands that secrete benzoquinone. They have these glands all down their body but not on or behind their head, leaving their top half defenseless.
