Snake exhibition brings poison to life

[News Bot]

A NEW exhibition about snakes, spiders and jelly fish is showcasing Australia's long history of pioneering research into antivenene.

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Published On: 24-Jun-13 12:11 AM
Source: via NEWS.com.au

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[Origamislice]

Am I the only one who has a mini brain hemorrhage whenever someone confuses "Venomous" with "Poisonous"?

 

[Snowman]

Am I the only one who has a mini brain hemorrhage whenever someone confuses "Venomous" with "Poisonous"?

Just buy a dictionary and relax Venom is a type of poison after all.....

 

[Paintbrushturkey]

All Venoms are poisons (of a sort, in that they cause detriment when introduced to an organism susceptible to them in a specific route), but not all poisons are venoms...

 

[Renenet]

Sounds interesting.

As for the article, I like the first paragraph: "It's an exhibition about venom, fear and fascination, but it's not about the election and has no mention of politics."

 

[Channaz]

I can recommend this exhibition. Loads of fascinating stuff. I have often heard the tragic story of the taipan which killed Kevin Budden in 1950, so it was amazing to see the preserved specimen of the actual snake.

I'll be going again before it closes. By the way, it was also great to hear Ken Winkel speak at the last VHS meeting. A really interesting talk which complemented the exhibition beautifully.

 

[Renenet]

An interesting account of Kevin Budden's successful yet tragic attempt to capture that taipan: David Williams' Australian Herpetology ONLINE - Kevin Budden.

 

[geckoman1985]

Wow would love to go see this but I'm in nsw and its to far to travel hope it come to SydneySydney