Australian stinging trees and cone snails share something in common, Queensland researchers say – ABC News

Australia’s stinging trees are notorious for delivering excruciating pain that can last for days, weeks or even months and researchers now say they know why.
Key points:

• Researchers discover Australian stinging trees carry a venom similar to that found in marine cone snails
• Australia has two species of stinging tree with needle-like hairs that act like syringes to inject venom
• Scientists hope to develop new types of painkillers from the new discovery

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