Painkiller as powerful as morphine has been found in deadly venom of the black mamba

Thursday, October 4th 2012 - 10:55 UTC

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A painkiller as powerful as morphine, but without most of the side-effects, has been found in the deadly venom of the black mamba, say French scientists. The predator, which uses neurotoxins to paralyse and kill small animals, is one of the fastest and most dangerous snakes in Africa. Read full article

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Idlehands
I vote that Truth Telling Troll is the first Mercopress poster to test out this fantastic new analgesic. It will either calm him down or shut him up. Either will do.
Oct 04th, 2012 - 11:16 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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slattzzz
Nice photo of CFK and her forked tongue : ) hhiiiiissssssssssss
Oct 04th, 2012 - 11:16 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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Idlehands
Snakes are beautiful - don't give them a bad name.
Oct 04th, 2012 - 11:41 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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PGH
Good info, but... WTF does this have to do with South America???

(@Angry Brits: you're pathetic) :)
Oct 04th, 2012 - 06:13 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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slattzzz
pgh, its more news worthy than your usual pathetic shite about the Falklands, (there are no Malvinas)
Oct 04th, 2012 - 06:23 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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toooldtodieyoung
2 slattzzz

LOL

A nice story but, think of the poor bu**er who has to catch and “milk” those snakes.................I wonder if the HSE did a “risk assessment” on his job??
Oct 04th, 2012 - 06:33 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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slattzzz
Put a wig on that snake and..................................? How funny would it be if the Falklands started breeding them and made a major industry out of it i'd laugh my man boobs off. Perhaps we could put it in our Tomahawk warheads and administer fisrt aid whilst shutting the whinginging twats up, that would be good ..............................i'm off to phone the MOD. Whats the number for patents?
Oct 04th, 2012 - 08:05 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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ChrisR
No, I think the biggest snake in AG is likely to have much more of these mambalgins in her head than she is letting on.

Why won't TMBOA come clean!

LOL
Oct 04th, 2012 - 10:11 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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reality check
An Argentinian snake once bit me on the ass. Poor thing, took it two days to die!

Serve it right, it was looking for my wallet, had Yankqui (just for you Guzz)dollars in it at the time.
Oct 05th, 2012 - 07:26 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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