Stinky-breath caterpillar has healthy addiction to nicotine

So you think tobacco is bad for your health? Try telling that to a tobacco hornworm: His stinky nicotine breath is the only thing keeping him off the evening dinner menu, scientists say.



via L.A. Times - Science http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/news/science/~3/cgr57OvnFKA/la-sci-sn-caterpillar-scares-off-predators-with-toxic-bad-breath-20131230,0,4226905.story