(Natural News) In the 1950s, Ron Gollobin spent his time roaming wetlands at the edge of the Great Dismal Swamp with a boat and a motor. He spent most of his time in the swamps even though he loved the town. Gollobin said he felt utter freedom while hunting for frogs, lizards, turtles and snakes. In junior high, […]

(Natural News) A codon usage analysis shows that Chinese kraits and king cobra snakes share more genetic similarities with SARS-CoV-2 than any other animal, including bats. Were venom peptides engineered into the virus payload? And could venom peptides be used as part of the design of the mRNA for the Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccines? There […]

(Natural News) It has been revealed that animal venom is used as a “designer toxin” in a growing number of pharmaceutical applications. And a major player in the industry that catalogs different animal venom products admits that one of their unique benefits is that they “kill prey in seconds.” ToxinTech, which was profiled by CNN […]

(Natural News) A biomedical scientist by the name of Zoltan Takacs created a biotechnology startup called ToxinTech that currently lists some 16 different pharmaceutical drugs that are made from the peptides of snake and other animal venom. ToxinTech houses a library of ‘designer toxins’ that researchers can access in order to study new drug development […]

(Natural News) The establishment is already contesting that snake venom is used in the development of pharmaceuticals, calling it a “conspiracy theory.” But the evidence is there for anyone wanting to investigate it. Many “life-saving” drugs, the World Economic Forum (WEF) announced back in 2018, are made from the venom of snakes. And it is […]

(Natural News) Millions of Americans (and many more around the world) are swallowing pharmaceuticals made from venom peptides that come from pit vipers, rattlesnakes, toxic cone snails, leeches, Gila monster lizards and more. Drugs in development have been made from creatures like the Deathstalker scorpion or even vampire bats. This realization is just hitting the […]

(Natural News) Many people have never seen a snake in person, yet the fear of snakes is one of the most common phobias. Ophidiophobia is the irrational fear of snakes, but it is sometimes called by a more general term, herpetophobia – the fear of reptiles. They slither, hiss and stare with unblinking eyes. Some […]

(Natural News) Sea snakes, despite their name, still need to surface to get air to breathe. Australian researchers, however, have found one species that has developed an organ that lets it effectively “breathe” underwater for a limited time. Blue-banded sea snakes (Hydrophis cyanocinctus) are aquatic reptiles that can reach up to around 5 feet or 1.5 meters […]

(Natural News) When you’re out and about in the wilderness, you should always be aware of the potential dangers you could encounter. One of the more dangerous things you could find in the wild is a venomous snake. Any serious survivalist should know how to identify venomous snakes and how to treat their bites. However, […]

(Natural News) Getting bitten by a snake is a scary event. And unlike the depiction in the movies, the only way to treat a venomous snake bite is through antivenom. Forget about sucking out the venom or applying tourniquet – those actions will only make things worse. (h/t to LiveScience.com) A common mistake is that […]