Genesis Park Blog
Earth’s Most Venomous Animals – Part 6
This month we conclude our series on the most poisonous animals on the planet by considering an arachnid, the Brazilian Wandering Spider (pictured rigth). This spider's habitat is the rainforests, from central to South America. They get their name because they wander...
Earth’s Most Venomous Animals – Part 5
Our conversations about the most lethal creatures on the planet led us to consider 3 marine and one land animal in recent months. We now come to our 2nd land-dwelling organism, the Indian Red Scorpion. This arachnid is considered the most lethal scorpion in the world,...
Earth’s Most Venomous Animals – Part 4
We continue our series about the most lethal creatures by turning this month from toxic marine to toxic land animals. Consider the Inland Taipan Snake, endemic to central regions of Australia. Its poison is consistently ranked amongst the most toxic in the world, with...
Earth’s Most Venomous Animals – Part 3
God's original creation was so different from the world that we observe today that it it is difficult for us even to imagine life in the Garden of Eden. Before Adam & Even sinned, there was no death...no thorns and no carnivory. Animals did not need poison to...
Earth’s Most Venomous Animals – Part 2
This month we continue our mini-series focusing upon the most lethal creatures on the planet. Consider the blue-ringed octopus. This tiny cephalopod only grows to a few inches in length, but it can be very dangerous. The octopus' venom contains a powerful neurotoxin...
Earth’s Most Venomous Animals – Part 1
This month we start a new series about the most venomous animals on the planet. Of course, there are different ways of measuring toxicity. One could ask what animal's venom packs the biggest punch per ml. Or we could consider what single animal bite is the most...
