Did you know that cone snail venom is a thousand times more powerful than morphine? Here’s a neat
website about poisonous plants and animals that I found while researching Zihuatanejo, Mexico. I’m going there next month for an aunt’s wedding and it’s mostly beachy tourist stuff so I was hoping to do some inland exploring. I wanted to be prepared and know what to wear/ bring/ avoid, but now that I know there’s scorpions and poisonous trees (they have spikes!), hanging out at the pool is sounding much more my speed.
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April 7th, 2006 at 2:25 pm
I certainly keep all of my deadly scorpions in unmarked jars.
April 14th, 2006 at 10:36 pm
Sunscreen! another topic, I can make myself fit in a carry on!!