The king cobra has enough venom to bring down an adult elephant. Video begins with a brief explanation of what venom is before exploring the most venomous animal in the world. It continues with examples of many venomous animals, how they developed venom, how the venom works, and if victims can survive exposure to various types of venom.

Concepts

snakes, spiders, lizards, mutation, protein, octopuses, ants, jellyfish, snails

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Additional Tags

science

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Instructional Ideas

• Before the video, discuss the difference between venom and poison
• After understanding venom, but before watching the video, have viewers list all of the animals they think could be venomous, then add to the list as you watch the video

Classroom Considerations

• Consider the maturity of your class members as the video mentions priapism as one side effect

• This video is hosted on YouTube

Pros

• Includes closed captioning in Chinese (Taiwan) and English
• Highlights many animals that we don't think of as venomous such as octopi, snails, and lizards

Cons

• None