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nature's pharmacy disguised as a death sentence, one fang at a time
means A toxic fluid produced by certain animals — snakes, spiders, scorpions — and injected through a bite or sting to harm prey or predators; figuratively, bitter spite or malice.
from From Latin 'venenum,' meaning poison or a magic potion — and here's the twist: 'venenum' is thought to descend from the same root as 'Venus,' the goddess of love, via an older sense of 'love-potion' or 'charm.' Love-philtres and poisons were close kin in the ancient imagination, both potent brews that could change a person from the inside out. The word slipped into English through Old French 'venim/venin' in the medieval period, picking up its spiteful figurative sense along the way.
- drug source
- Cone snail venom became a painkiller stronger than morphine
- vs poison
- Venom is injected, poison is absorbed or swallowed
- blood pressure
- Pit viper venom inspired the first ACE inhibitors
- platypus
- Male platypuses sting with venomous heel spurs
- self-immune
- Venomous snakes resist their own venom internally
venom snake — big boss character in metal gear solid v (2015), a mercenary with shrapnel in his head
king cobra venom — produces up to 7ml of neurotoxin per bite, enough to kill an elephant, southeast asia