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Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii)

Tasmanian devil milk fights superbugs

Source: BBC

Marsupial babies develop in the not-terribly-sanitary environment of the mother’s pouch. To protect their young from infection, the milk of marsupials such as the Tasmanian devil has powerful antibiotic properties—properties that may help humans.

This entry was posted in The Natural World and tagged Health & Medicine, Science & Nature on January 1, 2017 by Mikki Gibson.

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