Why don’t we cuddle funnel-webs?
Consider two furry Australian animals: the platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) and the Sydney funnel-web spider (Atrax robustus). Both icons in their own way, both live only in Australia and both were…
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Great invader’s poison could also be its downfall
The cane toad’s highly toxic poison could ultimately prove the most effective weapon against the invasive species itself…
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Toxic rat makes its own poison
A species of African rat makes its own poison by gnawing on a toxic tree and smearing the toxic saliva on to hair on its…
