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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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The difference between “poisonous” and “venomous”
Bite or be bitten.
Video: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
Why spitting cobras don't technically spit
These snakes mean business.
Video: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
What researchers can learn from platypus venom
The venom of the male platypus may reveal new ways to treat pain in humans.
Video: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
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)

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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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