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A synthetic antibody, made of plastic at the University of California Irvine (USA), has been effective enough to save the lives of a group of mice that were injected with bee venom. This is the first time that a product of this type has worked in live animals.
Researchers at the University of Kansas have found in China the remains of Sinornithosaurus, a 128-million-year-old dinosaur, a close relative of the Velociraptor, which poisoned its prey after hunting them. It is the first known poisonous reptile in the lineage that leads to modern birds, as published today by PNAS magazine.
The Spanish newt or gallipato (Pleurodeles waltl) pushes its ribs through the skin to unfold a row of bones that act as poisoned spikes against its enemies.
The Indonesian Komodo dragon is the largest reptile in the world and also one of the most effective "killers" in the animal kingdom. Researchers from the Australian University of Melbourne have just discovered that the secret is in its poison.
In the world of bugs - if we exclude arachnids - there is no more powerful poison than that produced by the red harvester ants of the genus Pogonomyrmex. Specifically, the venom of the Pogonomyrmex maricopa is comparable to that of the cobra.
Danni Büchner is invited to Sam Dylan's Halloween party. But the "Goodbye Germany" emigrant has no desire for many other party guests. And find clear words.
