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Ep. 424 - Uncovering the Mysteries of Galls

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The Role of Venom in Gulf Formation

The venom glands are gigantic, just enormous. The venom reservoir is a bit smaller. It seems the venom is always important because it's always very large. In some species, you have also another organ called accessory glands that secret some olympic substance that probably create an envelope around the eggs. And I realized it's super important for yeah, or wasp is eggs. No, but it seems that producing a lot of venom is even more important. So suggesting that this venom must have physiological relevance. What is the most important? It's impossible to answer at this point.

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