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Hello 2019 and a happy
New Year to everyone.............
Let's kick of the year
with something gross, because it is Tuesday and Tuesday is gross
facts day, our first gross facts of 2019 will be about poison and
venom.
The
land snake with the most lethal venom is the Australian Inland
Taipan
The
most potent snake venom of all comes from a Pacific sea snake, but it
is peaceful and won't attack unless very scared.
In
India 46,000 people die from snake bites a year, that's more than
anywhere else in the world
Some
snake venoms work by shutting down the victim's body so that it is
still alive but cannot move
The
deadly puffer fish is a delicacy in Japan and chefs have to take
great care to remove the poison, however, each year about 12 people
die from eating it.
The
golden poison frog has enough poison to kill between 10-20 people
There
are millions of poisonous cane toads in Australia, and dogs
sometimes die from licking the toxic skin
Stonefish
have 13 venom filled spines
The
male platypus has venomous spurs on its heels, it uses these to fight
other males during the mating season.
shutting down the victims body so they can eat it. UGH.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad there's not much poisonous way up north here--whew!
ReplyDeleteThankfully, Scrappy doesn't find amphibians lickable...
ReplyDeleteI actually knew about the puffer fish!
ReplyDeleteKatie....I know gross indeed
ReplyDeleteRita.....I worry some about poisonous things but not much can't see the point
Chris......Yeah that is a good thing, don't want anything to happen to Scrappy
Karen.....Me too
Interesting Jo-Anne.
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year.
Did you see the video clip of a long snake with cane toads on it's back? Australian.
Margaret......Yes I did see that clip it was freaky
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