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Snakes. Why did it have to be snakes?

Movies like Raiders of the Lost Ark, snakes in a plane, and even Harry Potter and the

Chamber of Secrets have all relied on the fear of snakes to build suspense and anxiety. About a third of all people

are at least a bit phobic about snakes. Some of the distress when it comes to the slithering serpents

comes from their unpredictable movement patterns. But the fear also stems from knowing that,

well, snake bites do kill a lot of people, perhaps as many as 94,000 people annually.

But not all snake venom is created equal.

Some snakes have venom only strong enough to kill a couple of mice.

On the other hand, there's...

The inland Tai Pan in Australia, which is incredibly venomous.

It has enough potent venom to kill, like, about 50 adults, humans.

Kevin Healy, a lecturer in zoology at the National University of Ireland Galway.

He wanted to know why snake venom toxicity varied so much.

So, he and his team looked at a hundred and two different

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