Introducing Sex, Drugs and Rockin' Venom: Confessions of an Extreme Scientist by Dr. Bryan Grieg Fry, the venom biologist!
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Back in February I discovered the remarkable work of Australian biologist Bryan Grieg Fry, who has been tracing the evolution of venom.
Cone snail shells are beautiful, but their venom is a potent cocktail used to paralyze passing fish. The venom is a witch's brew of hundreds of novel compounds, many more than are found in snake venom (which has been used by science extensively as well).
It's a dinosaur tooth, and clearly one that belonged to a predator - sharp and b
You can read this book review, or you can just go HERE and listen to our interview with author Christie Wilcox. I promise you in advance that you will want to read her book!
dang! He already has 8 followers after 9 posts.... what the heck am I doing wrong! LOL! :D