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Distracting and compromising the immune system of a large animal while taking advantage of the free resources in the environment would probably have a very stro
by undersuit 9y ago
Distracting and compromising the immune system of a large animal while taking advantage of the free resources in the environment would probably have a very strong evolutionary advantage.
Or it could be more like the benefit yeast gets from producing alcohol, which it resists better than most other microbes.
- im3w1l 9y agoThere are bacteria that are poisonous, and there are bacteria that aren't. Clearly, both strategies are viable. So I think any explanation has to explain not just that poison is an advantage, but explain when it is and when it isn't.