Bite, Sting, Kill: The Incredible Science of Toxins, Venom, Fangs, and Stingers (National Geographic Kids) Cover
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Bite, Sting, Kill The Incredible Science of Toxins, Venom, Fangs, and Stingers (National Geographic Kids)

Julie Beer

Explore the animal kingdom like never before in this thrilling roundup of animals that bite, sting … and kill. A venomous lizard the size of a car. A snake that can take down an elephant. A stealthy scorpion ready to strike. Sound like the makings of the ultimate thriller movie? It’s real life. And...

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The MeatEater Podcast

The podcast mentioned a book by entomologist Justin Schmidt about insect toxins. It was referenced in the context of how young scientists make great discoveries because they are less concerned with established opinions.

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he has a early in his book, he has a thing he's pointing out like this is no offense to you because the reason all the great discoveries are made by young scientists is because they don't give a shit...

— Episode: Ep. 196: A Sea of Bones

Episode: Ep. 196: A Sea of Bones

The podcast mentioned a book by entomologist Justin Schmidt about insect toxins. It was referenced in the context of how young scientists make great discoveries because they are less concerned with established opinions.

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he has a early in his book, he has a thing he's pointing out like this is no offense to you because the reason all the great discoveries are made by young scientists is because they don't give a shit about what everybody thinks. And then you come up with something and then most of them then spend the rest of their life trying to defend their initial idea and encircle their initial idea because they're really reluctant to be that they were wrong.

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