Is the blue whale basically immune to animal venom?
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I don't think it's really possible to know that without testing it. But I would guess that your idea is right, because there would not be enough venom to kill an animal that large. It would probably make it sick. But then again, a whale, or any other really large animal, would react differently to the venom. It might kill it despite the size.
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One of the most intense competition for mates in the cetaceans occurs in the right whales (Eubalaena glacialis and E. australis).\n\nGroups of males mob the females, and attempt frantically to mate with them.  Sometimes there are penis wrasslin' matches as the males each try to be the one who gets his genetic material in the right location.\n\nFemales, especially after several males have already harassed her, will often roll away or otherwise discourage the males.\n\nBecause of the intense competition, the right whales have the largest testicles in the animal world (about the size of Volkswagens), and produce copious quantities of sperm.  They use the blasts of sperm to try and blast any of their competition's sperm out of the way.\n\nI've heard stories (I can't confirm if it's true) that on at least one occasion a Zodiac boat carrying whale researchers got too close to the action.  The female used the Zodiac to block her naughty bits, and the researchers found themselves in the middle of the battleground of two right whale penises.  Both males thought they were successful and let blast, coating the researchers with massive loads of whale sperm.\n\nIn Chris Moore's novel "Fluke", this event occurs to two female researchers, who promptly become lesbians.
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Depends on the other species. They're waring/fighting cousins, with the whale, so they never get along with whales. they don't mind helpiing people, unless people have dolphin or tuna on their breath.  I advise you to research dolphins at the public libary.
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According to this web site,about 500 are venomous. Here's the link:\n\nhttp://www.priory.com/med/ophitoxaemia.htm
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The great white shark and saltwater crocodile have gone longer than any other predator on the planet without evolving.  That means they are the best there is at what they do.  As for poision, some types of sea snakes have venom up to 10 times as strong as rattlesnake venom, but they are usually quite docile.
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Australia actually has more dangerous critters than the US:\nBox Jellyfish are responsible for more deaths in Australia than snakes, sharks, and salt water crocodiles put together. They can be found near the coast along all the Great Barrier Reef which extends as far as 2000 Km. Another poisonous jellyfish is the Irukandji, the smallest animal on earth capable of killing humans (only 1 centimetre or half an inch in length).\nThen there are lovely small but beautiful blue-ringed octopuses close to the beach, never attacking but only defending themselves against curious hands with a deadly poison man cannot counteract yet. \nOr the poisonous fish - the Scorpion Fish and the Stone Fish, living everywhere around Australia but loving coral. So wear shoes when you go into water. \nThere are about 30 species of poisonous sea-snakes - they won't hunt you but if you come too close and scare them, they'll bite and likely kill you anyway. \nAustralia has more than 100 kinds of poisonous snakes -- about a dozen of which rank among the most poisonous on earth (the top 8 most deadly snakes are all Australian). One of them is the coastal taipan (Oxyuranus scutellatus)which sports the biggest fangs, one of the most lethal venoms and a rather aggressive nature\nAs for spiders - there are more than 40 species of funnel web spiders, a group of arachnids known for their toxic venom. Strangely enough, humans and other primates are maximally sensitive to funnel web venom but other mammals such as mice, rabbits, guineapigs, dogs and cats are relatively immune and often survive 100 times the human lethal dosage.\nThey even have a poisonous egg-laying mammal - platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus). On the back legs of mature males are a pair of short spurs each hooked-up to a venom gland that makes a viciously painful toxin. It causes pain strong enough to induce vomiting which can persist for days, weeks or even months. The pain is resistant to morphine and other pain-killing drugs and anaesthesia of the main nerve from the spur site is often the only way to relieve the patient's suffering.
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If you could get your arms around one--probably not still.\n\nSome people may think this is possible, by saying that fishing nets can strangle an animal. This may be partially true, but the reason why whales, dolphins and other marine mammals die in nets is because of suffacation--unable to get to the surface to breathe air.
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Starfish have no poison. He may have a bacteria from the saltwater or something else associated with the crabs, but it isn't comeing from the starfish.
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Yes.  A whale is a mammal, and one characteristic of all mammals is that they reproduce sexually.
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"daddy longlegs" don't carry venom. (they aren't even spiders)\n\nhttp://spiders.ucr.edu/daddylonglegs.html
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A difficult question.\nThe two references below have something to say about whether or not fish feel pain. The arguement claiming 'Yes' is related to the evolution of survival behaviours and hard to refute. It does however hold true for any animal which responds negatively to stimuli.\nIt is certainly true that if you stick a pin into a maggot it will wriggle - it certainly does not like it. Fish are none too keen either.
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Despite it now weighing more than a fraction of an ounce, the Harvestman spider (daddy longlegs) is one of the most deadly organisms. No, it is not able to kill many mammals, but for its size, its venom is more potent than any other venom.
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Because they are quite vicious predators in the ocean.  They don't just kill everything they see, and they're not known to kill humans, but they are definitely at the top of their food chain.  The Sea World info on them says, "they are the largest predator of warm-blooded animals ever known.  Fishes, squids, seals, sea lions, walruses, birds, sea turtles, otters, penguins, cetaceans (both mysticete and odontocete) [[this means dolphins and other whales]], polar bears, reptiles, and even a moose -- they have all been found in the stomach contents of killer whales."  Have you ever seen a video of an orca killing a seal?  If you have, you'll understand why someone would call them a killer whale.  In one video I've seen, it was almost like a cat playing with its prey.  If not, the link below has a video.
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Yeah, not poisonous, ostrich is hard to crack.\n\nDidnt snakes lay eggs too? dont remem
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There are a lot of urban myths, this could be one. Still it is possible that a social animal like dolphins may try to help a human in distress. I suspect that they would easily detect our panic with their hearing. I doubt that it is totally instinctive since there is no apparent value to the dolphin. It could be play. Have you seen the footage of killer whales tossing seal cubs around as toys? Unfortunately there are records of dolphin pods fighting each other.
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Whales(the blue whale)are the largest mammals.As to why they are,it cannot be answered!Why is the world round?
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Blue whales live about 25-30 years!