#Venomous animals

[eddieintheocean]

there are two categories for dangerous sea creatures

number 1: awww so scrimblo bright colours

number 2: ???????

[mask131]

Fun fact: By the 17th century there was still a belief that cats were venomous animals.

People defended the idea that the hair of cats was the most poisonous part of their body because of a famous story of a Roman man who died after drinking one cat hair that had slid within his milk. People were also certain that their breath was venomous and caused consumption ; and that their brain was toxic - eating it would result in either A) strong headaches B) continual vertigo C) sometimes you become insane. Some people even said that their mere look was "contagious", pointing out how a "lot" of people who slept with cats ended up dying of consumption and sudden weight loss, and using this as a basis to say "See? CATS WILL KILL YOU!"

[stone-cold-groove]

Title page: A Treatise on Adulterations of Food and Culinary Poisons - 1822.

[mapsontheweb]

Countries With The Most Venomous Animals

Mexico the first with 80, followed by Brazil with 79 and then Australia with just 66.

[tinylandshark]

A lionfish, because painting stripes is always a treat 🐟🐟🐟

[short-wooloo]

I think it would be funnier if we started referring to the venom/toxins in animals as "Juice"

"This snake's juice will fuck you up"

"This scorpion has enough juice to kill ten people"

"This spider's juice can bring down an elephant"

[broke-but-cozy]

Northern cottonmouth found on a wildlife trail

[bpod-bpod]

Spine-tingling

From flashing eyespots to irritating hairs, the defences butterflies, moths and their caterpillars use to protect themselves from predators don’t typically cause us serious harm. Among the few exceptions are caterpillars in the South American genus Lonomia. Usually encountered when resting in groups, these caterpillars’ spines release a potent haemotoxic venom, like that of vipers and rattlesnakes, which can cause internal bleeding and disrupt blood coagulation, sometimes fatally. So far, envenomations have been linked to only two species, Lonomia obliqua and L. achelous, but identifying them can be tricky, and two others (L. orientoandensis, pictured left, and L. casanarensis, right) are known to cause similar reactions in rats. A recent field and taxonomic study identified 60 Lonomia species, seven of which are likely to cause severe symptoms. The only currently available antivenom, directed against L. obliqua, is broadly effective, yet recognising this greater diversity could help further improve treatments.

Written by Emmanuelle Briolat

Image adapted from work by Camila González and colleagues

Centro de Investigaciones en Microbiología y Parasitología Tropical (CIMPAT), Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia

Image originally published with a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

Published in PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, February 2023

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[janchovies]

Ill never understand that rule where brightly colored animals are usually that color to warn predators that theyre poisonous liek bro... couldnt they just lie????

[wild-wow-facts]

The Blue Ringed Octopus Explained

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[herpsandbirds]

Yellow Sea Snake (Hydrophis platurus xanthos), family Elapidae, Costa Rica

Venomous.

This is an all yellow subspecies of the Yellow-bellied or Pelagic Sea Snake.

photograph by Alejandro Solórzano

[perplexi]

had to make the lum meme with Voxman!😘~💚💞💜✨

[rebeccathenaturalist]

This, by the way, is the opposite of the situation I posted about yesterday, which was a case of misidentification by accident. I don't like the idea of anyone suffering through a serious envenomation (although this seems to be a case of someone who is not an especially nice person), even if they did basically bring it on themselves. But it does highlight a really nasty streak of arrogance toward parts of nature that really deserve extra respect because of the dangers they pose. I am already not enamored of the practice of breeding and selling herps with all the carelessness of a carnival goldfish stand, but the "hey, look what I got!!!" braggadocio shown by some venomous reptile keepers is the end result of an attitude that these animals are just living, breathing collectibles to be traded and shown off.

When we approach the rest of nature with respect instead of commodification, it completely changes the bedrock upon which our interactions with other beings and our shared environment occurs. The good news is that we can change our approach for the better any time--and hopefully before we find ourselves in such dire straits as this guy.

[recklessfuture001]

[notnotravenpond]

another installment of the two guys really are a bit similar

[amnhnyc]

With large round eyes and a fluffy coat of fur, you might describe slow lorises (genus Nycticebus) as adorable—but did you know these primates also have a venomous bite? They’re one of the only mammalian species on Earth to possess this rare trait. A gland under the loris’s arm produces a chemical that turns deadly when mixed with loris saliva. Those bitten have reported anaphylactic shock, extreme pain, and infection among other side effects.

Photo: dixonlau, CC BY-NC 4.0, iNaturalist