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This is not a secondary compound defense - swat!. Compare with DHJanzen100247.jpg above. However, I note that humans, being clever, do convert themselves back into being a plant by annointing themselves with OFF or other insect repellant. There actually seem to be a few cases of other primates doing the same with secondary compounds from wild tropical plants. And skunks are of course just walking plants.
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