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Old 29-10-2009, 07:51 AM
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Spiders on Drugs?

Hello

I’d be very grateful if someone could let me know if this is fact or fiction. I first came across this many years ago and couldn’t work out if it was a spoof or not. I’m still not sure. But if it isn’t, why on earth was the research done, and what did they learn from it ?

Also, I know a fair bit about human biology, but nothing about spider physiology. If this research actually happened, were the drugs acting on common receptor sites? We seem so different from spiders. Perhaps I’m wrong.

And if this has been discussed before, please just give me a link and I’ll wander off and satisfy my curiosity there

Cheers,

Andestine

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