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Australian Stinging Tree Causes Months of Excruciating Pain – Nerdist
Researchers have found that Australia’s stinging trees, which can cause pain for months, produce similar toxins to those found in venomous spiders.
Australia is notorious for hosting some of the most frightening creatures on Earth; including gargantuan arachnids and hawks that spread fire. Even some of Australia’s trees are vicious, like the gympie-gympie stinging tree. It produces toxins that can cause excruciating pain for months. Which is no wonder, as scientists have now found those toxins are similar to the ones venomous spiders and snails produce.
Researchers from the Institute for Molecular Bioscience (IMB) at The University of Quee…
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