best biochemists and that is venomous so this is the topic of my book I wanted to write a book about venomous animals because they have throughEvolution developed some of the most incredible compounds that are able to do things that we can only imagine and
animals throughout our history and in fact it's not the only way in which venomous species have altered us or likely alteredus we have an innate fear of snakes most venomous animals we learn to hate we
compounds that look like spiders or like snakes or the pain perhaps like that of the venomous stonefish which is also known for inducing mind altering awful pain and studying Venoms doesn't just benefit us in the esoteric sense of well we understand more about venomous
them for and modern snakes are still shaping our lives in the way in which it venomous animals are just this incredible library of compounds we haven't even thought of discovering yet
is one of my favorite venomous animals first off because they're so unexpected ly venomous most people don't seem to know that platypus are venomous and in fact only the males are venomous so it's kind of understandable but also I love these animals because they're such a wonderful Ambassador for venomous animals in general I mean look at this guy you
that harm other species and of course many venomous animals are important in other ways such as pollinators we know that lots of bees and wasps are essential to keeping our agricultural Fields going and our general ecology going to keeping our
them for and modern snakes are still shaping our lives in the way in which intriguing uses for venomous compounds one of my favorite is a new uh currently
them for and modern snakes are still shaping our lives in the way in which I mean each venomous animal their chemical cocktails can contain hundreds to thousands of components and there are
Well, it depends on what you mean by poisonous. They're all venomous . So if you mean sort of medically-- I think they call it medically interesting or medically significant, very, very few spiders are medically significant.
and and shows everything about these animals from start to finish unfortunately nowadays we tend to have a little lost our respect for venomous animals we tend to think of spiders as things that should be swatted and just PT away or for example we have in the southwestern us we have
myths in Legends even gods and to a certain extent I mean I get it these are creatures that are venomous now poisonous animals they have potent toxins but at least they have the respect of being humble about it they don't push their toxins onto you they wait for you to make the first move
tentacles or in the case the Platypus with these ankle spurs now the Platypus is one of my favorite venomous animals first off because they're so unexpected ly venomous most people don't seem to know that platypus are venomous and in fact only the males are venomous so it's kind of
Probably the most grueling part of the research for this book was having to go around to distilleries and taste and talk to the people actually making this stuff. I wrote a book on venomous insects. And I got no volunteers to help with the research for that book.
that finally helped relieve his pain pain just a little was when they gave him a nerve block blocking all pain and neural signaling from his hand so these guys are pretty awfully venomous and it might seem that a Venom like that has no good purpose and that maybe we are justified in vilifying these
diseases and there are lots and lots of them that are wonderful at pest control so parasitoid wops are one of my favorite examples of venomous Pest Control this this guy being a prime example this is the emerald cockroach wasp and for those of you who are unfamiliar with the emerald cockroach wasp it has a very entertaining and
venomous species have altered us or likely alteredus we have an innate fear of snakes most venomous animals we learn to hate we don't like spiders because we don't like spiders but if you show a photo of a spider or a picture of a or a video of a
somehow survive the Venom the other is to avoid being eaten in the first place now surviving the Venom of a venomous animal particularly a venomous snake is extremely difficult this isn't just a sort of simple thing to evolve and we know that because there are very
least that's what Lynn Isbell in the snake detection Theory puts forward and if that's true then really we have venomous snakes to thank for that which makes us most essentially human and we have so much more to thank
them for and modern snakes are still shaping our lives in the way in which cancer and those of you who might pay attention to fun venomous news might know that there's also last week an
them for and modern snakes are still shaping our lives in the way in which hundreds of thousands if not millions of different species of venomous animals so we're talking about a ba vast
them for and modern snakes are still shaping our lives in the way in which what we should be worried about are these animals the venomous ones and what kind of knowledge we're about to lose
down to the underworld. Loki's first-born son was then disemboweled, and the dripping entrails were used to strap Loki down to a huge rock. The god's then positioned a giant disgusting snake overtop of Loki so that it dripped super-venomous poison right into his eyes like a Chinese water torture device from some sadistic corner of Hell. From that point on, Norsemen believe that many natural disasters were caused by Loki screaming out in agony and attempting to break free. If strapping your ex-friend down with his dead kid's intestines
This work has huge implications. I mean, imagine you got bitten by a venomous snake. If you're lucky, you'll have access to anti-venom prepared by milking venom from the exact kind of snake, which is then injected into live animals,
Well, it's interesting that Helen didn't notice it at first, which is a little dangerous, because as some you might know, this is actually one of the most lethal, venomous fish on the planet. And if she were to, say, kind of rest and put your hand down on that rock, these guys can kill you in like five, 10 minutes.
Wilcox thank you wow that was such a wonderful introduction um thank you all for being here and I'm really excited to talk to you about venomous animals so when you think about it we live in a toxic world every day we are surrounded by a plethora of chemical compounds that would do our bodies harm
reason whatsoever less than a dozen people die from rattlesnake bites and yet we round them up by the hundreds throw them into pits and kill them and mass we've lost our respect for venomous animals that we used to have back when they were considered key figures in
know that platypus are venomous and in fact only the males are venomous so it's kind of understandable but also I love these animals because they're such a wonderful Ambassador for venomous animals in general I mean look at this guy you might be able to hate spiders you can hate snakes but tell me you can hate that face they're adorable they're
didn't believe the testimony of his own eyes and it took decades for scientists to even believe they were real animals and it would take another Century for them to believe that they were actually venomous and part of that is because it's just the males the females don't have venom and the reason that it's just the males is that the males are always fighting over females and this is their
fluctuates throughout the season so sometimes it's less strong sometimes it's more strong but anyone who's been stung by a platypus will tell you they are most definitely very very venomous there's one case that just always stands out in my mind uh from the medical literature and it was of a war veteran
ION channel to perhaps help people who are currently suffering and they would have had no idea if it weren't for this animal here the Togo starbur tarantula whose Venom causes unimaginable pain in reality the venomous animals that we love to loathe are actually our best allies in many different ways I mean for example the spiders that are
of changed everything that made their threat go from bad to way way way worse and if you're an animal that is facing the threat of a venomous Predator there's really only two ways you have a chance of surviving the first is to
them for and modern snakes are still shaping our lives in the way in which change by pollution by everything that we do and that includes our venomous biodiversity
them for and modern snakes are still shaping our lives in the way in which potential Pharmaceuticals are just waiting for Discovery but if we lose all our venomous biodiversity that's
I think that any time you experience traumatic loss early on, it changes who you are and drastically affects your view of the world. More than a mile out, I saw a venomous sea snake surface to breathe.
based at the University of Hawaii but her writing has appeared all over the world in discover the New York Times Scientific American slate and Popular Science among other Publications uh today she's going to be telling us about her most recent book venomous how the Earth's deadliest creatures mastered biochemistry so everyone please join me and give me a war welcome to Dr Christy
the venomous stonefish which is also known for inducing mind altering awful pain and studying Venoms doesn't just benefit us in the esoteric sense of well we understand more about venomous animals it benefits us directly because by studying pain and by studying Venoms and how they cause it we can understand
allergies it's an intriguing idea that these species could have influenced our Evolution that something like allergies that IG antibodies could be because we've been surrounded by venomous animals throughout our history and in fact it's not the only way in which
And even if your loving parents have enough money to buy you jeans with holes in them-- I don't know why that is so important, And I don't think that you can really repair it, because they live with their own venomous life.
Nothing. Shoving aside his confusion, he pushed himself to one knee with a grunt. You? They're actually-- I would like to correct the person-- They're all-- they're all venomous .