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Prions persist in soil for years; elk eat where other elk have deposited prions.
by jtdev 5y ago
Prions persist in soil for years; elk eat where other elk have deposited prions.
- spoonjim 5y agoYears? Oh jeez. The soil is covered with brain eating murder proteins?
- robbiep 5y agoCWD was innoculated in a deer by insuflating prion bound with clay
- TheGallopedHigh 5y agoInsuflation: the act of blowing on or breathing on
- titanomachy 5y agoIn this case likely means inhalation through the nose
- Turing_Machine 5y agoYeah, the sense of smell is a basal one. The nasal cavity has bazillions of nerve endings that are almost directly wired to the brain. That's why so many drugs are snorted. It works faster than just about anything else other than direct intravenous injection.
- robbiep 5y agoThat’s not at all why drugs work quickly through the nose - it has absolutely nothing to do with nerve endings, it has everything to do with a large surface area of mucus membranes allowing quick uptake into the venous system.
- Y_Y 5y agoIt's just a fancy form of the word "snuffle".