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Animal
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Features
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1.
Blister
beetle (Lytta vesicatoria)
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Canthridine (poison)
causes blisters.
Body hairs of
certain insects have basal unicellular glands putting poison, often causing
urticarial rash
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2.
Stinging
insects
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They (honey bee,
wasps and stinging ants) have poison apparatus
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3.
Scorpions
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They have a terminal
sting and poison glands
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4.
Sepia
(Cuttlefish)
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Its Ink glands are
for ‘smoke screening’ rather than poisonous
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5.
Hydrozoan
Cnidaria (e.g. Physalia)
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Sting by their
batteries of nematocysts, can paralyze small prey with hypnotoxins
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6.
Catfishes
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Their poison glands
at the bases of the fin rays
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7.
Puffer
fish (Tetrodon cutcutia)
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It has poison glands
producing Tetrodotoxin, which blocks sodium ion channels in the cell
membranes
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8.
Heloderma
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The only poisonous
lizard. Mild poison in the sublingual salivary glands
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9.
Poisonous
snakes
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Their venom (Poison)
glands are modified labial glands
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10.
Echidna
(Spiny ant eater)
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It has crural/
tarsal glands on the legs (Male only)
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