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Venom - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | Venom or zootoxin (literally, animal poison) is any of a variety of poisons used by several groups of animal species, for the purpose of defense and hunting prey. |
 | | Venom can also be found in some fish such as the stonefish, scorpionfish, rabbitfish, weever fish, cowfish, boxfish, sabre-toothed blennies, chimaera fish, weaver fish, squirrelfish, scat fish, stingrays, and some toadfish and catfish; as well as some jellyfish, mollusks, amphibians, and even in a few mammals like the platypus, solenodons and some shrews. |
 | | Bees use an acidic venom (apitoxin) designed to cause pain to the stung, because their purpose is to defend their home and food stores, while wasps use a chemically different venom designed to paralyze the prey, so it can be stored alive in the food chambers of their young. |
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