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Plants of the Gods: S4E5. Part 2 — Tobacco: The Sacred Shamanic Plant of Freedom and Enslavement
Plants of the Gods: Hallucinogens, Healing, Culture and Conservation podcast
The Truth About Tobacco and Nicotine
Tobacco has been studied by scientists more than any other plant in the history of science. Tobacco produces about 4,000 different organic compounds. A caterpillar known to some indigenous peoples as the mother of tobacco is an actual insect called Mahnukka Sexta. It produces a protein that binds to nicotine and neutralizes it. This allows the caterpillar to munch on tobacco leaves with impunity. Also allows the animal to exhale nicotine-laden breath which deters predatory spiders.
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