5 Poisonous Animals That Can Cure Disease
- Live Science
VIVA – In this world, there are so many scary animals that produce poison. The main function of the poison is as self-defense or to help the animal concerned to get its prey.
But for humans, it turns out that this animal poison can also be used as a medicine for people’s health problems that attack humans.
1. Frog
The fire-belly frog is a type of frog that is so named because its yellow or black body is striking like flames. Because of its unique color, these frogs have recently begun to be kept as exotic pets.
The fire-belly frogs themselves have beautiful colors, not so that humans are attracted to them, but to warn their enemies that this frog is originally a poisonous animal.
The frog's venom is normally harmless to humans as long as it doesn't enter the bloodstream in large amounts. However, if the frog's poison reaches the eye, this person will feel pain in his eyes.
However, fire frog poison not only has a negative impact. This poison is known to contain a component called bombesin. These components are used by humans to heal tumors.
2. Bedbug
Bed bugs are insects that are very small, but very hated by humans. Because, these animals have a habit of perching on human skin and sucking the blood of the victim.
This bed bug has a unique method of sucking human blood. When just landed on human skin, bed bugs will injure the skin by using their bites. After that, the tick will inject its saliva into the wound.
The ability possessed by bedbug saliva then attracted the attention of experts. They conducted research on bed bug saliva in the hope of using the insect's saliva to treat pneumonia. The protein contained in the saliva of this scary animal is also believed to help cancer therapy.
3. Puffer Fish
Pufferfish is one of the marine fish that has long been known for its dangerous poison. Because, if the poison of the fish is eaten by humans, then the person concerned can die. However, this doesn’t make people feel afraid to eat this fish.
The pufferfish venom that has been extracted and processed beforehand can be used as a painkiller for cancer patients. This is because the effect of these toxins in contributing to nerve tissue can make patients feel painless when carrying out cancer treatment.
In other components of puffer fish poison can also be used as an anesthetic. Then in low doses, pufferfish venom can help heroin addicts escape their addiction.
4. Sea Anemone
For some people, anemones look like sea plants. Because, the top of the anemone looks like a waving flower crown. Anemones also seem to never leave their attached places. Although it looks similar to a flower, anemone is not actually a plant, but an animal related to jellyfish.
What looked like the crown were tentacles filled with poison. With this poison, anemones can paralyze other animals so they can be eaten.
Behind it all, anemone venom is known to contain compounds that can be used to treat various diseases, especially for autoimmune diseases such as sclerosis and arthritis.
5. Bees
Bees are very easy to recognize because of their striped body shape and their habit of flying while buzzing. Bees are seen as useful animals for humans to help pollinate flowers and produce honey. Although useful, humans tend to keep their distance to avoid the sting.
Because the sting contains poison that can be bad for humans. However, the poison also has benefits for treating various diseases such as lupus, arthritis, and back disease. In fact, scientists believe that honey bee venom can be used for people with Lyme and AIDS.
