If you live in Russia, for example, in Moscow or, like me, in the Central Region, then all phrases like "poisonous creatures in Russia" are perceived with surprise. How? Do we have poisonous creatures?
It turns out there is. Here, for example, are a dozen poisonous creatures, which can be found exclusively in our latitudes. Which ones you didn't know about?
Karakurt
The composition of the poison of karakurt is more like a chemical laboratory. Neurotoxins, phosphodiesterase, cholinesterase, kininase - believe me, you do not want to experience all this for yourself.
Gyurza
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Only the poison of a cobra is more dangerous than the poison of gyurza. One single bite will be fatal to humans. It is interesting that an extract from the same poison was used as an immediate remedy: Antigyurza serum was previously produced in large quantities in Central Asia.
Amur starfish
Most often, this dangerous ocean dweller is found at great depths. However, sometimes the Amur starfish moves closer to the coast and then you can step on it right in the surf. In no case should a poisonous creature be eaten - it threatens with serious poisoning.
Ussuri shtomordnik
In the Primorsky Territory, meeting the Ussuri shtomordnik is as easy as shelling pears. This snake does not pose a mortal danger to humans, but you will have to spend a week in the hospital.
Great sea dragon
Perhaps this is the most dangerous fish that can be found in the Black Sea. The dragon's fins and gills have tiny spines that secrete venom. Several human deaths have been reported following an accidental collision with this fish.
Stony mace
The stony shitomordnik is included in the squad of vipers and its poison has the appropriate properties. The neurotoxin acts on the nervous system, causing paralysis, and the hemotoxin promotes the development of thrombosis and extensive necrosis.
Common garlic
Of course, a collision with a garlic will not kill a person. The mucus secreted by the toad is dangerous to small animals, and a large mammal can only get off with a serious chemical burn. Which, you see, is also unpleasant.
South Russian tarantula
The South Russian tarantula is gradually settling over an ever larger territory of our country. Previously, this dangerous spider could be found only in Central Asia, but now the tarantula has already crawled into the Saratov and Astrakhan regions. There is no lethal outcome after a tarantula bite in a person, but gangrene may well develop.
Motley scorpion
Contrary to popular belief, a scorpion attacks a person only as a last resort and only in self-defense. Many scorpions are generally not so dangerous, but this does not apply to the variegated scorpion that lives in the Lower Volga region and Crimea.
Tiger already
Remember, in childhood, they said that snakes are not poisonous? So, the brindle one is an exception to the rule. Amazing snakes specifically hunt poisonous toads, after which their own glands are filled with the same bufodienolides. There is a known case when a 50-year-old man bitten by a tiger snake was seriously poisoned.