Posted: Jun 30, 2011 4:47 pm
Calilasseia wrote: If a male H. cochimiensis inseminates a female H. sonorensis, the result is a massive, rapid and lethal immune reaction. Which means that cochimiensis may use cross-species sex in order to remove food rivals from the scene, by using shagging as a biological weapon.
Invertebrate immune system. I don't know much about that. They only possess an innate immune system, I suppose?