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Platypus venom can have you in excruciating pain for months! Even morphine doesn't work against it!

Platypus venom can have you in excruciating pain for months! Even morphine doesn't work against it!It isn’t lethal but can cause excruciating pain for months and morphine isn’t effective! The platypus is one of only a few animals that is able to produce venom, and although the venom is nonlethal, it is excruciatingly painful and is extremely difficult to treat because morphine is ineffective.  The venom is made in the crural glands of the male platypus, located in the upper thigh. The gland produces venom that contains around 19 different...

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Published By: OMGFacts - Thursday, 20 September, 2012