Crime scene: 162 mystery solving puzzles to find out who the murderer is

Chapter 152 Rabbit Poisoning Case

Smith hosted a roast dinner at his home.Colleague Tom brought a live rabbit.Gourmet Smith was very happy, and immediately killed the live rabbit on the spot, skinned it, and roasted it whole.The guests felt a little scary when they saw it, and no one dared to eat it.

"There's nothing fresher than this meat. But..." Smith devoured the meal alone.

However, a few hours later, he died suddenly.The results of the police investigation determined that the death was caused by atropine poisoning.Atropine is a toxin contained in plants of the nightshade family.Because Smith ate rabbit meat, of course Tom is the suspect.

"I gave him a live rabbit as a gift. It was Smith who killed himself and cooked the dishes, so I am not the murderer." Tom argued that he was innocent.However, in fact he is the real criminal.So, what is the method of poisoning?
[Answer] The poison is placed in the stomach of a live rabbit.Atropine is a toxin contained in plants of the family Solanaceae. Criminals fed rabbits with leaves and fruits of poisonous plants. Herbivores and birds have certain immune functions to poisonous plants.In particular, rabbits have stronger immunity.A rabbit can withstand a hundred times more poison than a human.Taking that live rabbit as a gift, no one would suspect that there is poison in the body of such a lively rabbit.

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