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Australia Has Venomous Snakes, Spiders, and… Trees – News Lagoon
Hair-like constructions on a stem of Dendrocnide excelsa.Image: Institute for Molecular Bioscience/University of Queensland Notorious stinging trees from Australia bring about agonizing ache that can linger for weeks and even months. New study indicates this …
Hair-like constructions on a stem of Dendrocnide excelsa.Image: Institute for Molecular Bioscience/University of Queensland
Notorious stinging trees from Australia bring about agonizing ache that can linger for weeks and even months. New study indicates this nettle relative is truly venomous, generating a toxin not compared with the venom of spiders.
From snakes and spiders to jellyfish and cone snails, Australia has no scarcity of venomous animals. As new research published in Science Innovat…
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