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Funnel-web spiders collected for the Sydney zoo are used to create the antivenom used to treat the spider's dangerous bite
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A zoo in Australia is enlisting the public's help to catch and collect deadly funnel-web spiders to save lives.
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Kimberlee Speakman, People.com, 19 Nov. 2024
The arachnids have become the lethal poisonous animal in Brazil and has increased the demand for antivenom.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 7 Nov. 2024
When attempts to deliver antivenom intravenously failed, Brigland was given the antivenom Anavip, administered directly into his blood marrow, as the swelling spread to his armpit.
—Cara Lynn Shultz, People.com, 31 Oct. 2024
Still unable to start the antivenom, a doctor asked for her permission to try drastic measures.
—Jackie Fortiér, CBS News, 30 Oct. 2024
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Kimberlee Speakman, People.com, 19 Nov. 2024
The arachnids have become the lethal poisonous animal in Brazil and has increased the demand for antivenom.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 7 Nov. 2024
When attempts to deliver antivenom intravenously failed, Brigland was given the antivenom Anavip, administered directly into his blood marrow, as the swelling spread to his armpit.
—Cara Lynn Shultz, People.com, 31 Oct. 2024
Still unable to start the antivenom, a doctor asked for her permission to try drastic measures.
—Jackie Fortiér, CBS News, 30 Oct. 2024
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“Antivenom.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/antivenom. Accessed 26 Nov. 2024.
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antivenom
noun
an·ti·ven·om
ˌant-i-ˈven-əm 
ˌan-ˌtī-
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