why the heck will this not post to loung ` Oh well might as well do poisons then test with non HTML Oh well might as well do poisons then`1. All octopuses are venomous. Octopuses ‘drill’ a hole through the prey’s shell or exoskeleton using their tough beak and tongue. They then insert their venomous saliva into the prey’s soft interior to kill them. There is a special Antarctic octopus whose venom works even at temperatures that other venoms don’t work. – 2. Nanoparticles containing bee venom toxin (melittin) can be used to destroy HIV while at the same time leaving surrounding cells unharmed. – 3. The venom of Conus snails could be used to make a pain-killer 1000x more powerful than Morphine and even then it won’t be addictive. – 4. Bill Haast, the “Snake Man,” was bitten by poisonous snakes at least 173 times. He injected himself with snake venom every day for a span of 60 years. He saved countless lives by donating his antibody-rich blood. He lived to be 100. – 5. Brazilian Wandering Spider is the most venomous spider on earth. It can causes male erections and its venom is being researched to help erectile dysfunction –6. The only plane allowed to fly on 9/11 post attacks was a plane from San Diego to Miami delivering an anti-venom to a man bitten by a highly poisonous snake. It was accompanied by two jet fighters. – 7. Instead of producing venom, the Braconid wasp produces an immune-suppressing virus, which paves the way for its parasitic larvae. This adaptation is the result of a 100-million-year-old virus, which altered the wasp’s DNA leading to the formation of an organ whose sole purpose is to assemble the virus. – 8. The venom of one of the South’s most poisonous snakes (copperhead Agkistrodon contortrix contortrix) has been found to contain a protein that halts the growth of cancer cells and stops the migration of tumors cells. – 9. The venom of the Boomslang snake can cause its victim to bleed from all holes and through tissues of his body. – 10. Box Jellyfish’s venom is so powerful, human victims have been known to go into shock and drown or die of heart failure before they even reach shore.
