It's not weird for some species to incorporate toxins from their diet as defenses: poison dart frogs, monarch butterflies, sea slugs, etc
But let's get weird and circuitous with it
#Nicotine was developed by plants to kill insects. As a quirk of #neurochemistry, humans use it addictively, so cigarette butts are everywhere
Birds have figured out they can use them in their nests to kill parasites
The original intention of nicotine
Weird!
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/18/science/bird-nests-cigarettes.html?unlocked_article_code=1.UFA.F5GS.0LI5710DsNRs
#Science #Ecology
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