Did capsaicin evolve to protect chile peppers from mammalian predators? (fieryfoodscentral.com)
It is possible that many other mammalian predators make long - distance expeditions to localised pulses of prey availability; however, there is little documented evidence for this. (nature.com)
The venom, specialized for use against mammalian predators, can kill a barefoot human unlucky enough to step on it. (sciencemag.org)