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Venomous

129 objects

Be amazed by animals that can inject special substances to defend themselves or catch their food! They deliver their potent dose through a bite or a sting.

Venomous organisms produce toxins that are injected into another animal, typically through a bite or sting.

InsectReptileFishInvertebrateMammalAmphibian

Objects with this trait

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Adder
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Adder
Amazonian Giant Centipede
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Amazonian Giant Centipede
Anglerfish
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Anglerfish
Ant
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Ant
Anthopleura elegantissima
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Anthopleura elegantissima
Arachnida
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Arachnida
Arizona Bark Scorpion
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Arizona Bark Scorpion
Asian Needle Ant
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Asian Needle Ant
Asian Tiger Mosquito
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Asian Tiger Mosquito
Asp Viper
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Asp Viper
Assassin Bug
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Assassin Bug
Banded Krait
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Banded Krait
Bee
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Bee
Bengal Slow Loris
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Bengal Slow Loris
Bird-eating Spider
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Bird-eating Spider
Bitis gabonica
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Bitis gabonica
Black Mamba
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Black Mamba
Black Widow
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Black Widow
Blackjacket
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Blackjacket
Blind Cave Fish
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Blind Cave Fish
Box Jellyfish
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Box Jellyfish
Brazilian Wandering Spider
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Brazilian Wandering Spider
Broad-banded Copperhead
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Broad-banded Copperhead
Brown Recluse Spider
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Brown Recluse Spider
Cane Toad
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Cane Toad
Cape Cobra
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Cape Cobra
Cave Scorpion
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Cave Scorpion
Central American Eyelash-Viper
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Central American Eyelash-Viper
Chrysaora quinquecirrha
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Chrysaora quinquecirrha
Cicada Killer Wasp
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Cicada Killer Wasp
Coelacanth
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Coelacanth
Common Eastern Velvet Ant
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Common Eastern Velvet Ant
Common European Yellowjacket
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Common European Yellowjacket
Cone Snail
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Cone Snail
Copperhead
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Copperhead
Cottonmouth
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Cottonmouth
Crotalus Cerastes
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Crotalus Cerastes
Crotalus Lepidus Klauberi
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Crotalus Lepidus Klauberi
Crotalus Pyrrhus
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Crotalus Pyrrhus
Cuban Solenodon
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Cuban Solenodon
Dasymutilla bioculata
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Dasymutilla bioculata
Dasymutilla californica
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Dasymutilla californica
Deadly Nightshade
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Deadly Nightshade
Death's-head Hawkmoth
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Death's-head Hawkmoth
Dragonfish
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Dragonfish
Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake
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Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake
Eastern Yellowjacket
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Eastern Yellowjacket
Egyptian Cobra
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Egyptian Cobra
Electric Eel
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Electric Eel
Electric Ray
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Electric Ray
Emperor Scorpion
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Emperor Scorpion
Eurasian Water Shrew
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Eurasian Water Shrew
European Hornet
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European Hornet
False Black Widow
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False Black Widow
Fangtooth
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Fangtooth
Flashlight Fish
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Flashlight Fish
Flea
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Flea
Fugu
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Fugu
Funnel-web Spider
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Funnel-web Spider
Gaboon Viper
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Gaboon Viper
Giant Water Bug
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Giant Water Bug
Gila Monster
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Gila Monster
Glass Squid
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Glass Squid
Golden Poison Frog
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Golden Poison Frog
Golfodulcean poison frog
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Golfodulcean poison frog
Goliath Birdeater
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Goliath Birdeater
Green Mamba
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Green Mamba
Green-and-black Poison Dart Frog
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Green-and-black Poison Dart Frog
Greenland Shark
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Greenland Shark
Hadrurus arizonensis
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Hadrurus arizonensis
Haitian Solenodon
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Haitian Solenodon
Heloderma
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Heloderma
Horned Lizard
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Horned Lizard
Hornet
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Hornet
Horsefly
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Horsefly
Horseshoe Crab
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Horseshoe Crab
Indian Cobra
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Indian Cobra
Inland Taipan
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Inland Taipan
King Cobras
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King Cobras
Lamprey
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Lamprey
Lionfish
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Lionfish
Lone Star Tick
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Lone Star Tick
Louse
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Louse
Mexican Beaded Lizard
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Mexican Beaded Lizard
Monocled Cobra
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Monocled Cobra
Noble False Widow
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Noble False Widow
Northern Short-tailed Shrew
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Northern Short-tailed Shrew
Nose-horned Viper
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Nose-horned Viper
Octopus
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Octopus
Pale Green Assassin Bug
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Pale Green Assassin Bug
Paraponera clavata
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Paraponera clavata
Planarian
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Planarian
Platypus
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Platypus
Poison Dart Frog
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Poison Dart Frog
Prairie Rattlesnake
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Prairie Rattlesnake
Pufferfish
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Pufferfish
Rattlesnakes
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Rattlesnakes
Red Diamond Rattlesnake
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Red Diamond Rattlesnake
Red Imported Fire Ant
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Red Imported Fire Ant
Rough-skinned Newt
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Rough-skinned Newt
Scorpion
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Scorpion
Scorpionfish
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Scorpionfish
Shrews
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Shrews
Sistrurus miliarius streckeri
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Sistrurus miliarius streckeri
Six-eyed Sand Spider
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Six-eyed Sand Spider
Slow Loris
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Slow Loris
Southern Short-tailed Shrew
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Southern Short-tailed Shrew
Southern Stingray
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Southern Stingray
Spanish Fly
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Spanish Fly
Spiders
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Spiders
Squid
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Squid
Stargazer Fish
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Stargazer Fish
Stonefish
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Stonefish
Stoplight Loosejaw
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Stoplight Loosejaw
Sunda Slow Loris
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Sunda Slow Loris
Sydney Funnel-web Spider
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Sydney Funnel-web Spider
Tarantula
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Tarantula
Texas Brown Tarantula
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Texas Brown Tarantula
Tick
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Tick
Tiger Centipede
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Tiger Centipede