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[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago

That Redback section got me good. Was browsing this article on my phone. Didn't mind the spiders crawling on the screen, until the one in the bottom right looked like it crawled out from under my hand. Nearly threw my phone away ๐Ÿ˜ฎโ€๐Ÿ’จ

[โ€“] Deceptichum 5 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Most painful has to be any member of the liberalispoliticus family.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

There's also Nationalispoliticus

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

No politicians? I declare shenanigans.

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

โ€œIt doesnโ€™t have mouth parts so essentially it stabs you with this big drinking straw, injects you with a bunch of digestive enzymes, and then sucks it up,โ€ says Professor Fry.

โ€œIt kills its prey by digesting them to death, and it really, really hurts to be digested to death.โ€

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Australia has the most venomous snakes in the world, and none made the list.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

That might be because the wrong snake venom will just kill you. The stuff listed in this article will make you beg for someone to kill you.