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Australia’s stinging trees: if the snakes and spiders don’t get you, the plants might | Irina Vetter, Edward Kalani Gilding and Thomas Durek – The Guardian
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Australia is home to some of the worlds most dangerous wildlife. Anyone who spends time outdoors in eastern Australia is wise to keep an eye out for snakes, spiders, swooping birds, crocodiles, deadly cone snails and tiny toxic jellyfish.
But what not everybody knows is that even some of the trees will get you.
Our research on the venom of Australian stinging trees, found in the countrys north-east, shows these dangerous plants can inject unwary wanderers with chemicals much like those found i…
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