at all the different ways plants, animals and fungi mix chemical

concoctions and learns what to do if you’re exposed to toxins.

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This video contains relatively graphic descriptions of bodily harm

caused by plants, animals and fungi. Content may be disturbing.

What to do if you’re bitten by a snake (CDC):

https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/snakes/symptoms.html

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Your host: Ben Cooper, the quasi-ecologist

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Credits

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Intro Music by Aakash Gandhi

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Portrait of the king of Pontus Mithridates VI as Heracles. Marble, Roman imperial period (1st century). Photo by Sting: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/06/Mithridates_VI_Louvre.jpg

Gympie-Gympie photograph by Hugh Campbell:

https://www.australiangeographic.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/gympie-gympie-2048x1204.jpghttps://www.australiangeographic.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/gympie-gympie-2048x1204.jpg

Gympie-Gympie photograph by TreeHugger:

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Strychnos in Flower photograph by Bart Wursten:

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c6/Strychnos_usambarensis00.jpg

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