Venomous Poisonous facts
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Anti-venom for poisonous bites in US hospitals can cost tens of thousands of dollars while the same drug in Mexico costs hundreds of dollars.
If you bite it and die, it is poisonous; if it bites you and you die, it is venomous.
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Komodo dragons are actually venomous rather than, as long thought, poisoning their victims with the bacteria in their saliva. Turns out, according to one researcher, "that whole bacteria stuff has been a scientific fairy tale". The venom works slowly and makes the victim too weak to fight.
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Although considered one of the most toxic animals on earth, if a poison dart frogs is raised in captivity will never develop venom. This is likely because they assimilate plant poisons which are carried by their prey.
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Venomous and poisonous are different. If you bite it and die, it is poisonous. If it bites you and you die, it is venomous.
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The Blue Tang Fish 'Dory from finding Nemo' is poisonous to eat, has venomous barbs on their back, and will cut you.
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Garter snakes will retain poisons they eat in their liver, making themselves temporarily poisonous to their predators. They are also technically venomous, but have long lost the ability to practically use the venom they produce.
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Cone snail venom contains weaponized insulin. The insulin forms part of a poison mixture evocatively known as “nirvana cabal”. It allows the snail to disable entire schools of swimming fish by sending them into “hypoglycaemic shock”, a condition brought on by plummeting blood sugar levels.
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Golden Poison Frog,one of the most toxic animals on Earth, can kill 10 adult humans with just 1mg of it's Poison. Interestingly Golden Poison frogs raised in captivity and isolated from insects in their native habitat never develop venom.
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The difference between poisonous and venomous animals. If you bite it and you die it's poisonous. If it bites you and you die it's venomous.
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Shrew is one of the rare venomous mammals. Poisonous saliva is delivered to their enemies (or prey) by the grooves in their teeth. American short-tailed shrew contains enough venom to kill 200 mice.
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There is a snail that is a snail whose poison is so complex that there is no anti venom for it. It also preys on fish and swallows them whole like a snake, also it has a biological harpoon.
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Name "king snake" refers to the fact that these snakes tolerate venom of pit-vipers and eat poisonous snakes such as copperhead, rattlesnake and cottonmouth without any visible side effects.
Most marine predators avoid rabbitfish because of their sharp, poisonous spines. Inappropriate handling of rabbitfish often results in painful injuries. Luckily, venom of rabbitfish is not life-threatening for humans.
Legs on the first body segment are not used for walking. They are modified into venomous fangs which hold the prey and deliver poison into the victim.
Loris is the only known "poisonous" primate. It has a patch filled with venom under its elbow used for protection against the predators. When faced with danger, loris licks its elbow and covers its teeth with poison. As soon as oris bites its enemy, it will deliver the venom.
Black widow is the most poisonous spider in the North America. It produces toxin that is 15 times stronger than the venom of rattlesnake.
In ancient China, "gu poison" was made by sealing venomous animals such as snakes, scorpions, and centipedes in a large pot together. After a period of time, the pot was opened and the surviving animal was deemed the most venomous. It was subsequently ground up and used as a poison.
Even though mulga snake tolerates venom of numerous poisonous snakes, it dies after close encounter with poisonous cane toad. This type of toad is responsible for drastic decline in the number of mulga snakes in the northern parts of Australia.
Venom from snakes and other animals are only amino acids (Protein) and will be digested normally if orally consumed. even humans produce a deadly cocktail of digestive juices which would act like a poison if it were present in the blood stream.
Corn snakes are not venomous. Unfortunately, people often kill corn snakes because they share similarities in appearance with poisonous snake known as copperhead.
Poison dart frogs raised in captivity and isolated from insects in their native habitat never develop venom.
About Mithridatism- the supposed practice of self protection against poisons by gradually taking small, non-lethal doses of them to build up an immunity. Unfortunately, due to several toxicological issues, it doesn't have many practical applications, with one notable exception, snake venom.
