Also, the mongoose can tolerate a little bit of snake venom. Even plants can be counted as venomous or toxic. Poison ivy is correctly named, as its toxin is delivered by merely touching its leaves. Stinging nettles are venomous, if you're being generous with the term, because they deliver...
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Activated charcoalacts as a "super" absorber of many poisons. Once the poison is stuck to the charcoal in the intestine, the poison cannot get absorbed into the bloodstream. Activated charcoal has no taste, but the gritty texture sometimes causes the person to vomit. To be effective, activated...
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The fact is that milk is not a natural food: no animal in nature drinks milk after its infancy, and it is completely illogical to suppose that Man must be different. The idea that we need milk for calcium is no more than marketing propaganda. Consider this simple demographic: the USA, ...
“horns” located over each eye, horned desert vipers are very similar to the sidewinders of the United States. Desert horned viper bites are usually very painful, and in some cases have proven fatal. Their venom features 13 different toxins; however, desert horned vipers are generally not as...
As soon as the prey is in striking range, it unleashes a lightning fast attack on the prey and injects lethal hemotoxic venom. Once hit, it patiently waits for its victim to succumb against the effects of the poison and then swallows it in one piece. Eyelash viper preys on small ...
Most animal venoms are ineffectual if the venom is merely placed on the skin or even ingested. Venom requires a wound to deliver its molecules to its victims. One sophisticated apparatus for creating such a wound is the hypodermic syringe-style mechanism of ants, bees, and wasps: In fact, i...
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