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Toxic effects include vomiting, seizures, and an irregular heartbeat, and death can occur in as little as a few hours. This poison is known as "the poison that keeps on killing" because the toxin stays in the body after the animal dies, so if a predator eats the animal, the predator gets poisoned, and so on up the food chain.
A vintage 1895 vial of diphtheria antitoxin.. An antitoxin is an antibody with the ability to neutralize a specific toxin.Antitoxins are produced by certain animals, plants, and bacteria in response to toxin exposure.
The antidote for curare poisoning is an acetylcholinesterase (AChE) inhibitor (anti-cholinesterase), such as physostigmine or neostigmine. By blocking ACh degradation, AChE inhibitors raise the amount of ACh in the neuromuscular junction; the accumulated ACh will then correct for the effect of the curare by activating the receptors not blocked ...
Women online have taken to filming ghoulish murder-fantasy videos in which they romanticize lacing men's beverages with deadly poison as a justifiable response to fears about abortion rights under ...
Poison ivy. What it looks like: Poison ivy is a type of allergic contact dermatitis that is caused by the oil (urushiol oil) in the poison ivy plant, explains Karan Lal, D.O., M.S., F.A.A.D ...
Alexei Navalny after a zelyonka attack in Moscow (2017). A zelyonka attack is a form of protest, provocation or violent assault, defined as throwing a solution of brilliant green (Russian: зелёнка, zelyonka, Ukrainian: зеленка, zelenka), a triarylmethane antiseptic dye, on the body (usually face) of a victim.
Immediately rinse skin with rubbing alcohol, poison plant wash, or degreasing soap (such as dishwashing soap) or detergent, and lots of water. Rinse frequently so that wash solutions do not dry on ...
The best-understood factor is pardaxin, acting as an irritant to the sharks' gills, but other chemicals have been identified as contributing to the repellent effect. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] In 2017, the US Navy announced that it was developing a synthetic analog of hagfish slime with potential application as a shark repellent.