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Nature
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Armed with millions of microscopic glass needles, this Australian species injects near-indestructible toxins that hijack pain nerves.
Biology
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A tiny inhabitant of Pacific tides that does not synthesize its own toxin, but instead relies for its lethal defense on symbiotic bacteria in its salivary glands.
Nature
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A fleeting touch with its leaves is enough to embed thousands of microscopic silica hairs loaded with a neurotoxin that defies time.
Nature
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For centuries ornithology believed toxic birds did not exist, until an accidental brush in Papua New Guinea revealed a chemical weapon worthy of dart frogs.
Nature
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At barely three centimeters long, 'Glaucus atlanticus' devours lethal tentacles to store the venomous micro-harpoons of its prey inside its own tissues.
Animals
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Mellivora capensis possesses modified molecular receptors and loose armor that neutralize lethal venom
Nature
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How a tiny shell-less mollusk consumes Portuguese man-of-war and stores their stinging cells intact to become more toxic than its prey.