eli5: Why do some tiny animals contain enough venom to kill thousands of humans, isn’t that just overkill?

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eli5: Why do some tiny animals contain enough venom to kill thousands of humans, isn’t that just overkill?

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Kill vs stop. A 5.56mm will probably kill a charging elephant, in about 2 or 3 hours. A 4 boar will stop the charging elephant, aka kill it in about 1 second.

A cobras venom will kill a human it will stop a rat. The cobra needs to stop the rat so the rat does not bite back.

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