The black widow spider is one of the most feared spider species. Its venom is a cocktail of seven different toxins that attack the nervous system. These so-called latrotoxins specifically paralyze insects and crustaceans, but one of them, the α-latrotoxin, targets vertebrates and is also poisonous t...
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