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Justin Schmidt Was Stung By Over 150 Species In His Career. Weirdest Of All, It Was On Purposea bullet ant, the worst sting according to justin schmidt

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Justin Schmidt Was Stung By Over 150 Species In His Career. Weirdest Of All, It Was On Purposea bullet ant, the worst sting according to justin schmidt
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Justin Schmidt Was Stung By Over 150 Species In His Career. Weirdest Of All, It Was On Purpose

clock-iconFebruary 21, 2026
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Tim Friede Let Hundreds Of Deadly Snakes Bite Him. He Might Just Change The WorldNorthern king cobra snake in close up surrounded by plants

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Tim Friede Let Hundreds Of Deadly Snakes Bite Him. He Might Just Change The WorldNorthern king cobra snake in close up surrounded by plants
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Tim Friede Let Hundreds Of Deadly Snakes Bite Him. He Might Just Change The World

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There's Only One Known Venomous Primate In The World, And It's One You Least SuspectSunda slow loris (Nycticebus coucang) in a tree at night

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There's Only One Known Venomous Primate In The World, And It's One You Least SuspectSunda slow loris (Nycticebus coucang) in a tree at night
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There's Only One Known Venomous Primate In The World, And It's One You Least Suspect

clock-iconJanuary 29, 2026
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Watch The World’s Most Metal Frog Take Down A Giant “Murder Hornet”black spotted pond frog about to eat a giant hornet

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Watch The World’s Most Metal Frog Take Down A Giant “Murder Hornet”black spotted pond frog about to eat a giant hornet
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Watch The World’s Most Metal Frog Take Down A Giant “Murder Hornet”

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New Nightmare Fuel Unlocked: Watch The First Known Capture Of A Shrew By A False Widow SpiderA large brown and white spider on a wooden beam

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New Nightmare Fuel Unlocked: Watch The First Known Capture Of A Shrew By A False Widow SpiderA large brown and white spider on a wooden beam
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New Nightmare Fuel Unlocked: Watch The First Known Capture Of A Shrew By A False Widow Spider

clock-iconOctober 16, 2025
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Cellar Spider: Are These Long-Legged Basement Dwellers Anything To Fear?A cellar spider with its younglings in its wispy web.

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Cellar Spider: Are These Long-Legged Basement Dwellers Anything To Fear?A cellar spider with its younglings in its wispy web.
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Cellar Spider: Are These Long-Legged Basement Dwellers Anything To Fear?

clock-iconSeptember 30, 2025
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Most Mamba Venoms Can Kill In Two Ways – And Existing Antivenoms Only Treat OneA close-up of a black mamba snake's head with mouth open

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Most Mamba Venoms Can Kill In Two Ways – And Existing Antivenoms Only Treat OneA close-up of a black mamba snake's head with mouth open
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Most Mamba Venoms Can Kill In Two Ways – And Existing Antivenoms Only Treat One

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Want To Kill Your Prey? Do It Feather-Legged Lace Weaver Spider Style And Vomit All Over ThemSmall grey long legged spider on a web near a stick.

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Want To Kill Your Prey? Do It Feather-Legged Lace Weaver Spider Style And Vomit All Over ThemSmall grey long legged spider on a web near a stick.
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Want To Kill Your Prey? Do It Feather-Legged Lace Weaver Spider Style And Vomit All Over Them

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“Immediate, Sustained, And Devastating” Pain: The Most Venomous Mammal Packs An Extremely Nasty Stinga Duck-billed platypus swimming in a lake.

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“Immediate, Sustained, And Devastating” Pain: The Most Venomous Mammal Packs An Extremely Nasty Stinga Duck-billed platypus swimming in a lake.
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“Immediate, Sustained, And Devastating” Pain: The Most Venomous Mammal Packs An Extremely Nasty Sting

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A Woman Injected Crushed Black Widow To Get High, And It Was A Very Bad TripA black widow spider hanging from a web with a green background

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A Woman Injected Crushed Black Widow To Get High, And It Was A Very Bad TripA black widow spider hanging from a web with a green background
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A Woman Injected Crushed Black Widow To Get High, And It Was A Very Bad Trip

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TikToker Unknowingly Handles Extremely Venomous Cone Snail And Lives To Tell The TaleVery pretty cone snail shell in five orientations. The pattern is black with white almost heart shapes with a smooth pink inner.

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TikToker Unknowingly Handles Extremely Venomous Cone Snail And Lives To Tell The TaleVery pretty cone snail shell in five orientations. The pattern is black with white almost heart shapes with a smooth pink inner.
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TikToker Unknowingly Handles Extremely Venomous Cone Snail And Lives To Tell The Tale

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Garden Snails Now Venomous According To Radical Redefinition, And Things Get Surprisingly Sexya garden snail chilling on a wall

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Garden Snails Now Venomous According To Radical Redefinition, And Things Get Surprisingly Sexya garden snail chilling on a wall
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Garden Snails Now Venomous According To Radical Redefinition, And Things Get Surprisingly Sexy

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These Spiders Vomit Their Victims To Death, Regurgitating Toxic Goo Until It's Dinnerarticle image

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These Spiders Vomit Their Victims To Death, Regurgitating Toxic Goo Until It's Dinnerarticle image
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These Spiders Vomit Their Victims To Death, Regurgitating Toxic Goo Until It's Dinner

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Some Spiders Are More Venomous Than Others – And We Now Know WhyLarge brown friendly looking spider with four eyes on a green leaf.

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Some Spiders Are More Venomous Than Others – And We Now Know WhyLarge brown friendly looking spider with four eyes on a green leaf.
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Some Spiders Are More Venomous Than Others – And We Now Know Why

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Exceptional 3-Fanged Death Adder Could Be The Most Dangerous Of Its Species Ever SeenThe mouth of a death adder is held open so two fangs on on side of the snake's mouth can be seen.

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Exceptional 3-Fanged Death Adder Could Be The Most Dangerous Of Its Species Ever SeenThe mouth of a death adder is held open so two fangs on on side of the snake's mouth can be seen.
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Exceptional 3-Fanged Death Adder Could Be The Most Dangerous Of Its Species Ever Seen

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