CRAZY BITS OF TRIVIA ABOUT VENOM AND POISON

THE BLUE RINGED OCTOPUS IS ONE OF THE SMALLEST

AND DEADLIEST ANIMALS IN THE WORLD. TO MAKE

THINGS WORSE, ITS VENOM HAS NO ANTIDOTE

THE BOX JELLYFISH HAS VENOM THAT IS SO POWERFUL,

ITS HUMAN VICTIMS HAVE BEEN KNOWN TO HAVE HEART

FAILURE AND DROWN BEFORE REACHING SHORE

BILL HAAST, KNOWN AS THE SNAKE MAN, INJECTED

HIMSELF WITH VENOM EVERY DAY FOR 60 YEARS.

HE HAS BEEN CREDITED FOR SAVING NUMEROUS LIVES

BY DONATING HIS BLOOD WHICH IS RICH IN ANTIBODIES

SOME SCIENTISTS BELIEVE THAT MORNING SICKNESS

EVOLVED TO PROTECT THE FETUS FROM POISONS OR

TOXINS WHICH COULD HAVE BEEN INGESTED BY THE

MOTHER. IN FACT, WOMEN WITHOUT MORNING

SICKNESS ARE MORE LIKELY TO MISCARRY

MANGOS AND PISTACHIOS ARE IN THE SAME

FAMILY AS POISON IVY

KING MITHRIDATES VI OF GREECE TRIED TO KILL

HIMSELF VIA POISONING BUT FAILED BECAUSE

HE HAD DEVELOPED RESISTANCE OVER THE

COURSE OF HIS REIGN

THE VENOM OF A WASP CONTAINS CHEMICALS

THAT ATTRACTS OTHER WASPS TO ALSO

ATTACK THE VICTIM

BOOMSLANG SNAKE VENOM CAUSES VICTIMS TO

BLEED OUT THROUGH ALL THE PORES OF THEIR BODY

CONUS SNAIL VENOM IS ONE THOUSAND TIMES

MORE POWERFUL THAN MORPHINE