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radx says...

Hedges on Truthdig:

I finished my book with a deep dislike for megachurch pastors who, like Trump, manipulate despair to achieve power and wealth. I see the Christian right as a serious threat to an open society. But I do not hate those who desperately cling to this emotional life raft, even as they spew racist venom. Their conclusion that minorities, undocumented workers or Muslims are responsible for their impoverishment is part of the retreat into fantasy. The only way we will blunt this racism and hatred and allow them to free themselves from the grip of magical thinking is by providing jobs that offer adequate incomes and economic stability and by restoring their communities and the primacy of the common good. Any other approach will fail. We will not argue or scold them out of their beliefs. These people are emotionally incapable of coping with the world as it is. If we demonize them we demonize ourselves.

Dog With Vitiligo Becomes Face Of Kids Charity

Asmo says...

BAT DOG!

VENOM!!!!

edit: Lol, managed to complete the comment + the first edit before she said Venom... Now I feel like (more of) a goofball... = \

When Cactus Attacks

worthwords says...

I was trying to remove some nettles from the garden with a stick and secateurs and with all the care in the world managed to get stung. This is why I will never handle a venomous snake!

Why Australian snakes are so venomous

oritteropo says...

I read an interesting article on the BBC's web site on exactly this question - http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20160404-why-some-animals-have-venoms-so-lethal-they-cannot-use-them

It makes some of the same points as this video, but also has an additional one in regards to why some animals are so toxic to humans: Bad luck! We aren't their targetted prey, so it's pretty much irrelevent to them whether their sting can kill one or 1,000 humans.

Bad luck comes into it as well. A bite from a Sydney funnel-web spider is extremely dangerous for humans, whereas rodents are relatively unaffected by their venom. Since these spiders evolved to eat neither rodents nor humans, this can be seen as nothing more than an unfortunate alignment of the spider's neurotoxin with a receptor on some of our cells.

garmachi said:

The "Why" doesn't get addressed until 5:20, and even then it's preceded by "I think it's because..."

The first five minutes are some pretty good filler though.

How Snake Venom Kills You - Earth Unplugged

Boomslang Snake vs Chameleon

rich_magnet says...

Boomslang has a potent venom, and seems to get a few bites in on the chameleon, who seems to be faltering toward the end. I think the snake won this round.

Also, that snake is fast! I wouldn't want to tangle with it.

Snake bites woman on the face after she tries to KISS it

MilkmanDan says...

I've heard it reported as being a python, and that looks correct to me in the video.

With regards to "is it deadly?", the answer is no -- pythons are not venomous. They kill via clamping down with a lot of sharp teeth (image) to prevent escape and then constricting/squeezing.

No vital stuff in the nose and not enough veins or arteries to bleed out. Probably hurt like a mofo, though! And she may need some work done on the nose.

Herpetologist Details His Envenomation and Death

Herpetologist Details His Envenomation and Death

worthwords says...

Note that in the absence of antivenom, DIC and respiratory suppression can be managed in an Intensive care setting - blood transfusions and fresh plasma for coagulation deficiencies would have been available at this time so it would have bene worth a try. I doubt that he underestimated the venom - bleeding from the gums is a clear sign of systemic coagulopathy which was not going to clear by itself and any herpetologist worth his salt would know that.

Camel Spider Chews Finger!

Ariel atom on Nurburgring VS Corvette Z06 600HP

Payback says...

Atoms are insane.

A Corvette Z06 has around 505hp "stock" giving 355 BHP per ton, a 600hp modified would be around 420 BHP per ton.

If that's (and I'm fairly sure it is, by the sound) An Atom V8 500, it's pushing 863 BHP per ton. 20 BHP per ton more than a Hennessey Venom GT. The Bugatti 16.4 GS Vitesse is 594 BHP per ton, and if it's "just" an Atom 300 SC, it'll be grunting out 545 BHP per ton.

So, if it's a V8 like I believe it is, the power to weight ratio is double the 'vette's.

The Atom V8 is easily in the "Superbike" area of performance. Not bad for a car that is completely legal on almost every road on the planet.

*Figures from http://www.autosnout.com/Cars-Bhp-Per-Ton-List.php

LiquidDrift said:

Look like the Atom driver simply knew the track better or was a better driver. Vette looked cautious.

Surviving a Black Mamba bite

Iron Body Technique

Grouper Eates Lionfish

Morganth says...

From Wikipedia: "Aside from instances of larger lionfish individuals engaging in cannibalism on smaller individuals, adult lionfish have few identified natural predators, likely due to the effectiveness of their venomous spines. Moray eels (family Muraenidae), bluespotted cornetfish (Fistularia commersonii), and large groupers, like the tiger grouper (Mycteroperca tigris) and Nassau grouper (Epinephelus striatus), have been observed preying on lionfish. It remains unknown, however, how commonly these predators prey on lionfish. Sharks are also believed to be capable of preying on lionfish with no ill effects from their spines. Park officials of the Roatan Marine Park in Honduras have attempted to train sharks to feed on lionfish as of 2011 in an attempt to control the invasive populations in the Caribbean. Predators of larvae and juvenile lionfish remain unknown, but may prove to be the primary limiting factor of lionfish populations in their native range."

crazy trick shots in pool (w/ sexy Adriana on the table)

siftbot says...

Tags for this video have been changed from 'pool, billiards, amazing, trick' to 'pool, billiards, amazing, trick, florian kohler, venom' - edited by xxovercastxx



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