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Subject:	Re: Suicide via shell venom (NSR)
From:	nansaidh <[log in to unmask]>
Reply To:	Conchologists of America List <[log in to unmask]>
Date:	Tue, 15 Jan 2002 15:08:36 -0500
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Thanks James and Paul,

It sure seemed a bit unrealistic, but I had to ask.  :)

Nancy





At 03:01 PM 1/15/02 -0500, you wrote:
>Dear Paul and Nancy,
>There are four different sizes of nerve fibres (Primary Afferent Axons).
>They are, in order of decreasing
>size: A-alpha, A-beta, A-delta and C. The NCV for the respective sizes is
>below:
>
>A-alpha  80-120 MPS (miles per second)
>A-beta  35-75 MPS
>A-delta 5-35 MPS
>C  .5-2.0
>
>There is no way a neurotoxin could match this speed.
>
>All The Best,
>James
>
>James M. Cheshire
>(a.k.a. Jeremiah Chess)
>3185 Raccoon Valley Rd.
>Granville, Ohio 43023-9472
>USA

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