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[โ€“] Kolanaki@pawb.social 8 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

What effect does platypus venom have on a human, anyway? Is it super deadly or just like a minor spider bite? ๐Ÿค”

[โ€“] lvxferre@mander.xyz 23 points 3 months ago

Painful but not deadly. Wikipedia mentions someone complaining about the pain a month after.

[โ€“] Deceptichum@quokk.au 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[โ€“] MonkeMischief@lemmy.today 5 points 3 months ago

On the pain scale.