{"id":969,"date":"2020-12-06T11:26:28","date_gmt":"2020-12-06T19:26:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/teahousehome.com\/booksandcoffee\/?p=969"},"modified":"2021-02-15T12:39:44","modified_gmt":"2021-02-15T20:39:44","slug":"internet-rabbit-hole-caffeine-toxicology-in-frogs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/teahousehome.com\/booksandcoffee\/2020\/12\/06\/internet-rabbit-hole-caffeine-toxicology-in-frogs\/","title":{"rendered":"Internet Rabbit Hole: Caffeine toxicology… in frogs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Long story, short: someone was assaulted with a hot cup of coffee yesterday, and I wound up discussing the impacts of caffeine on the skin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Caffeine CAN be absorbed through the skin (which was a running joke in the Sylvia comic strip by Nicole Hollander<\/a>, in which the protagonist started developing elaborate wardrobes for her cats after using caffeinated soap, and the cats begged her to stop)<\/span><\/em>, and is a fashionable item in cosmetics (it constricts blood vessels, and so can reduce some types of swelling)<\/span><\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But somehow, I wound up reading that caffeine is also a highly effective pesticide against invasive species of frogs in Hawaii.<\/strong> This makes some sense to me, based on my limited understanding of amphibians and their sensitive, not-especially-protective skin.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\n\t\t\tTiny frogs as loud as power mowers drive Hawaiians to despair\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\tWhile some in Hawaii see the coqui frog is a noisy threat, others are getting used to it.\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Long story, short: someone was assaulted with a hot cup of coffee yesterday, and I wound up discussing the impacts of caffeine on the skin. Caffeine CAN be absorbed through the skin (which was a running joke in the Sylvia comic strip by Nicole Hollander, in which the protagonist started developing elaborate wardrobes for her … <\/p>\n

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