World's Most Toxic Animals

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World's Most Toxic Animals Trailer - 2021 Sky Nature Miniseries - Plot Synopsis: Lurking in the oceans, to the forest, swamps and deserts, are a litany of lethal little killers. Here, explore what defines a poison from a toxin and which venoms pack the greatest punch.

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00:00 It's a dangerous world.
00:08 Competition is fierce.
00:10 Every corner of earth is a battleground.
00:14 A chemical weapon can be an unfair advantage, with the power to slay the opponent in just
00:21 one strike, a venomous harpoon, a fatal sting, a deadly bite.
00:31 But beware the toxic defenders.
00:35 Make them a meal and die a slow and painful death.
00:41 In an evolutionary arms race, the world's toxic animals have pitched their poisons and
00:46 venoms against each other for millions of years, perfecting and refining their lethal
00:53 concoctions, concentrating death into a single drop, hiding under the sea floor, lurking
01:04 in the dark crevices of the earth, and scuttling through the undergrowth.
01:11 These are the world's most toxic animals.