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Sea Urchins Are Basically 'All Brain'
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- ggm 11mo agoWouldn't this make them a massive vector for prion disease if it established in their tissues? I don't mean in a homocentric fashion, you'd expect to see prion borne diseases in their predators.
- Gaishan 11mo agoLucky then that we're not eating their innards. Oh wait.
- gus_massa 11mo agoThe problem with prions are cycles. If sea urchins use to eat other sea urchins once a prion is formed it can multiplícate and accumulate in the sea urchin that eat them. Lucky, they eat algae. It's as safe as eating cows brain, assuming you feed the cow with plants instead of crushed ill cows corpses. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brain_as_food https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brain_as_food