The Venom Cure: Introduction
NATURE’s The Venom Cure reveals poisonous creatures that may one day save your life. You know those beautiful little tropical frogs with electric blue or orange markings? A single touch of their skin...
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The Venom Cure: Video: Clotting Agent in Snake Venom
Blood samples from a snake bite victim reveal something extraordinary: the snake’s venom caused the person’s blood to clot very quickly. Could a spray made from the clotting agent in the snake’s venom...
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The Venom Cure: Video: Cone Shell Conotoxins
A textile cone hunts other snails. Its proboscis contains a harpoon, loaded with a powerful venom called conotoxin. It paralyzes its prey so it can be sucked from its shell and devoured. Other cone...
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The Venom Cure: Video: Copperhead Venom and Cancer Research
Professor Frank Markland of the University of Southern California discusses his research investigating whether contortrostatin, a protein found in copperhead snake venom, is effective in attacking...
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The Venom Cure: Sea Snake Venom
In the dead of night, a small boat slides across Australia’s Gulf of Carpentaria. On board are researchers Bryan Fry and his wife Alexia, both of whom stand ready, equipped with bright spotlights and...
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(View full post to see video) There are thousands of different animals on this planet whose venom contains components that may be able to help mankind. Venom can potentially be used as coagulants,...
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Black Mamba: Photo Essay: The Snake Charmers
View photos of Thea Litschka-Koen and her husband, Clifton, as they try to save lives and change attitudes about the black mamba, Africa’s deadliest snake.
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The black mamba is Africa’s deadliest snake. Untreated, its bite has a fatality rate of 100 percent, making it a killer among killers on a continent where it is thought that nearly 20,000 people die of...
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Black Mamba: Video: Catching a Deadly Snake
Thea and Clifton respond to a call from a maid who spotted a six-and-a-half-foot black mamba inside a guestroom at a resort they manage. They want to remove it from the area — but first they have to...
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(View full post to see video) The black mamba is one of Africa’s most dangerous and feared snakes. Most people would kill it on sight. But in the tiny country of Swaziland, one husband and wife team...
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