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The difference between “poisonous” and “venomous”

The video thumbnail image shows a spitting cobra shooting venom from its teeth.

What researchers can learn from platypus venom

platypus: venomous spur

Blue-spotted octopus (Octopus maculosus).

Brown recluse spider (Loxosceles reclusa).

Marbled cone snail (Conus marmoreus).

Basic types of venom apparatus of three scorpaeniform fishes.

Sea snake (Pelamis platurus).

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Also Known As	parenteral poison

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platypus: venomous spur

Blue-spotted octopus (Octopus maculosus).

Brown recluse spider (Loxosceles reclusa).

Marbled cone snail (Conus marmoreus).

Basic types of venom apparatus of three scorpaeniform fishes.

Sea snake (Pelamis platurus).

Stinging ant (Dinoponera grandis).

The difference between “poisonous” and “venomous”

The video thumbnail image shows a spitting cobra shooting venom from its teeth.

What researchers can learn from platypus venom

See the University of Melbourne's Medical Museum and learn about venomous animals, particularly snakes and jellyfish, and the development of antivenins

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