• Question: what is the smalits animal or insect or cell that can kill you i seconds or days

    Asked by to Linda, David on 26 Jun 2014. This question was also asked by .
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      Linda Cremonesi answered on 26 Jun 2014:

      I think there are actually several of those!

      One of my favourite is the Harvester Ant! it has the most toxic venom of any insect in the world. On their own they might not look like much of a threat, but remember, they hunt in packs!

      Another one is the Puffer fish, it’s not very small but it’s extremely lethal. It has 2 different poisons that create a rapid heart rate, muscle paralysis, a decrease in blood pressure, numbness, and tingling. It’s flesh is incidentally very delicious but it’s very difficult to cook! I had puffer fish in Japan from a specialised restaurant… delicious, but extremely dangerous!

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      David Davila answered on 26 Jun 2014:

      the tsetse fly, an insect from africa is widely known and feared because of its threat to human life.
      It bites both humans and cattle, and can spread what’s known as the ‘Sleeping Sickness’, which kills about 9,000 every year. Sleeping sickness comes with fevers, headaches, and itchiness, but soon infected people lose coordination and have trouble sleeping, eventually they start going crazy and sleeping a few hours at a time, during both day and night, before they die.

      Pretty scary, no?

      Also Linda I can’t believe you ate pufferfish hahaha you are so crazy xD

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