Venomous TV
Here's a gruesome treat. NOVA just did a show on venom, and you can watch it online.
Ed Yong and I have written to unhealthy lengths about the evolution of venom, so if you prefer venom in text to venom in video--or if you just want some background--check these posts out.
Pythons are still a little venomous
Painkilling chemicals with no side effects found in black mamba venom
World’s 2nd deadliest poison, in an aquarium store near you
How a pit viper saved millions of lives: Snakes as drug factories
Venomous shrews and lizards evolved toxic proteins in the same way
