CRAZY BITS OF TRIVIA ABOUT VENOM AND POISON
Added on: 1st May 2016
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
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