Ep. 156 Venom Pt 3: Medicine and Mammals

Petri Dish

The final episode in our series on venom, we discuss how venom can be used in modern medicine before discussing some venomous reptiles. Then we finish up by talking about the very few and very strange venomous mammals!

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