Thursday, October 4, 2012

killer with a kind streak

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The black mamba, one of the deadliest snakes on earth, produces within its neurotoxin venom a painkiller that is better than morphine, scientists say.

It is too soon to know for sure whether mambalgins will be useable for human beings, but in the meantime this quirk of nature has left researchers puzzled.
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