eli5: Why do some tiny animals contain enough venom to kill thousands of humans, isn’t that just overkill?
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Venomous animals contain enough venom to do exactly what they need to do, when they need to do it. Let’s compare venom and horse power. Why do some cars have such high horse power and high speeds when everywhere we go there is a speed limit? Well being able to get to that speed limit very fast can be very beneficial if you’re trying to outrace something or pull out and not get hit by an oncoming car. It’s much the same way with venom, a single drop might kill the victim but it might not kill them in time to keep them from a. Escaping or b. Fighting back and injuring or even killing the animal.
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