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Researchers, In Australia, Have Found A New Neurotoxin, Called Gympietide, In The Stinging Dendrocnide Tree. The Neurotoxin Is Similiar To The Toxins Produced In Venomous Animals Like Spiders and Cone Snails. The Toxin Is Said To Cause Long-Lasting Excruciating Pain. Researchers Hope The New Toxin Study Helps In Developing Painkillers.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/16/science/australia-stinging-trees-toxins.html

Scientists have found a potent chemical that might give Australian giant stinging trees their extraordinarily painful punch.