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The southern toad is one in all toxic toads present in Virginia.
Was that spider chew from a brown recluse? What do I do if a copperhead bites me? How many yellowjacket stings makes it an emergency? A new, free downloadable e-book about venomous and toxic animals by UVA Health’s Blue Ridge Poison Center, UVA School of Medicine’s Division of Medical Toxicology, and the Virginia Master Naturalists, consists of these solutions and extra.
A Free Downloadable Guide for Nature-Lovers
For all venomous and toxic animals present in Virginia, The Cleopatra Project — Poisonous and Venomous Animals in Virginia consists of:
- Photos
- An outline
- Where in Virginia they’re discovered
- Poisoning signs
- What to do should you’re stung, bitten, and so on.
5 Things You Might Not Know About Venomous & Poisonous Animals
Poison v. Venom — What’s the Difference?
You normally ingest or take in poison from toxic animals via your pores and skin. Animals use poison to defend themselves towards predators.
Animals sometimes inject venom into their targets via fangs, stingers, or claws. They use venom to catch their prey.
A Million Ants
Before you even examine toxic ants, the e-book hits you with this unbelievable reality: there are greater than 1,000,000 ants for each human on Earth. In reality, the full mass of all ants on the planet is larger than the full mass of all human beings.
Copperhead Bite? Don’t Do These Things
Of the 4 venomous snakes present in Virginia, the copperhead is the one one discovered all through most of Virginia — in woodlands, fields, swamps, homes, and barns.
If a copperhead bites you, do NOT:
- Try to suck the venom out
- Use a tourniquet
- Apply ice or warmth
If you’ll be able to, snap a photograph of the snake. But do not delay remedy or chase after the snake to get the picture.
Disaster? Don’t Eat the Toads
Power grid go down? Zombie apocalypse? In an end-of-times catastrophe, you would possibly get determined in your seek for meals. But assume twice earlier than you eat a toad. Or a frog, should you’re like me and are not positive you’ll be able to inform them aside. Several toads are among the many toxic animals present in Virginia and are most harmful when eaten.
Even in much less harmful occasions, cautious kissing (or holding) toads. You can take in poison from a number of of them via your pores and skin.
25 Wasp Stings? Get Medical Attention
While painful, 1 wasp sting does not ship a large enough dose to be harmful, except you are allergic. But you need to get medical consideration once you get stung greater than 25 occasions or a toddler, older particular person, or somebody with respiration or coronary heart issues will get stung a number of occasions.