Nicknamed 'big boy', it can grow up to 9cm (3.54 inches) compared with 5cm (1.97 inches) for the more common Sydney funnel-web. "This particular spider is a lot larger, its venom glands are a lot larger and its fangs are a lot longer," said spider expert Kane Christensen. Sydney...
A peptide synthesized with d-amino acids is resistant to attack by proteases which cleave amide bonds between l-amino acids. If a peptide is synthesized in reverse order using d-amino acids (retro-inverso peptide), the amide bonds in the backbone will be reversed but the surface of the ...
Nice. The fangs in particular are an arachnophobes worst nightmare, along with their ability to walk along the bottom of your water-filled swimming pool for a couple of days while still being able to attack you. The coin follows last years quite closely in design concept, a clean ...