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Lunna [17]
3 years ago
11

Some native peoples of south america use the drug curare to poison the tips of their hunting arrows. when an animal is struck by

the arrow, it goes limp and quickly suffocates. why?
Biology
1 answer:
Oksanka [162]3 years ago
4 0

The reason why the animal that has been struck by the arrow goes limp and quickly suffocates because the acetylcholine receptor sites are blocked and this was made possible because of the drug curare they use in poisoning the top of the arrows.

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