BITS OF TRIVIA ABOUT VENOM AND POISON

ONE GALLON OF SCORPION MILK COSTS

NEARLY £27 MILLION

EVEN THOUGH PLATYPUS VENOM WON'T KILL YOU,

IT CAN CAUSE INTENSE PAIN THAT LASTS FOR MONTHS

THERE WAS ONLY ONE PLANE ALLOWED TO FLY IN

THE US ON 9/11 AFTER THE ATTACKS. IT WAS A

FLIGHT FROM CALIFORNIA TO FLORIDA THAT WAS

CARRYING ANTI-VENOM FOR A MAN THAT WAS

BITTEN BY A VENOMOUS SNAKE. THE PLANE WAS

ACCOMPANIED BY TWO FIGHTER JETS

ALL OCTOPUSES ARE VENOMOUS. TO KILL THEIR PREY

THEY DRILL THROUGH THE PREY'S SHELL AND INJECT

THEIR VENOM INTO THEIR BODY USING THEIR BEAK

THERE IS AN OCTOPUS THAT LIVES IN ANTARCTICA

WHOSE VENOM IS EFFECTIVE AT TEMPERATURES

IN WHICH OTHER VENOMS WOULDN'T WORK

THE ROUGH SKINNED NEWT IS THE MOST POISONOUS

ANIMAL IN THE AMERICAS. IT'S VENOM IS 10,000

TIMES MORE POISONOUS THAN CYANIDE

A SNAKE'S DECAPITATED HEAD CAN STILL BITE

YOU FOR SEVERAL HOURS AFTER THE SNAKE IS DEAD.

FURTHERMORE, A DEAD SNAKE CAN'T REGULATE

THE AMOUNT OF VENOM IT INJECTS WHICH CAN

LEAD TO FATAL SITUATIONS

THE SLOW LORIS IS THE ONLY VENOMOUS PRIMATE

ON EARTH. IT SUCKS VENOM FROM A PATCH ON

ITS ELBOW BEFORE GIVING A LETHAL BITE

TO ITS VICTIM