E36 POISON

Sssssimon avoids snakes. Bruce smells of almonds!

Poison is popular in crime fiction and is usually present in safe quantities everywhere —unless you live in Australia!

This time, we go deep into venom and poison but emerge with a healthy respect for toxins - but not the sort you need to flush out after a bit of exercise!

A Comprehensive List of Poisons

Parkinson and the Popgun Plot

The probable pop-gun

The Poison Dart Frog

Preparing a Fugu sashimi

Chinese Gu Poison

A Spitting Cobra vs a Meercat (notice the lack of cod Russian accents)

Kissing Cobras

CAUTION

Simon and other Ophidiophobics (people who are scared of snakes):

DO NOT WATCH THIS

Real and Fictional poisonings

Agatha Christie and poison

William Morris's arsenic wallpaper

Lucrecia Borgia, user of Cantarella

Poisonous things in Australia

Alan Turing and the Aple Computer Myth