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See the University of Melbourne's Medical Museum and learn about venomous animals, particularly snakes and jellyfish, and the development of antivenins
The difference between “poisonous” and “venomous”
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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See the University of Melbourne's Medical Museum and learn about venomous animals, particularly snakes and jellyfish, and the development of antivenins
A discussion of venomous animals—particularly snakes and jellyfish—in Australia and...
Video: © University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (A Britannica Publishing Partner)
The difference between “poisonous” and “venomous”
Bite or be bitten.
Video: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
What researchers can learn from platypus venom
Learn about the venom of the male platypus, one of the few living venomous mammals,...
Video: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.

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Wasp stinger with a droplet of venom.
Dave/Pollinator
platypus: venomous spur
The spur on the ankle of a male platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus). The...
Exactostock/SuperStock
Blue-spotted octopus (Octopus maculosus).
K. Fogassy/B.W. Halstead, World Life Research Institute
Brown recluse spider (Loxosceles reclusa).
K. Fogassy/B.W. Halstead, World Life Research Institute
Marbled cone snail (Conus marmoreus).
K. Fogassy/B.W. Halstead, World Life Research Institute
Basic types of venom apparatus of three scorpaeniform fishes.
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
Sea snake (Pelamis platurus).
L. Barlow and M. Shirao--B.W. Halstead, World Life Research Institute
Stinging ant (Dinoponera grandis).
K. Fogassy/B.W. Halstead, World Life Research Institute
anaphylaxis
Systemic anaphylactic response to bee venom in an individual with type I hypersensitivity....
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
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