Venom: killer and cure

By Emma Stoye2018-01-30T12:00:00

Preserved venomous snakes at the Venom exhibition, Natural History Museum, London

Source: © Trustees of the Natural History Museum, London (2017)

Emma Stoye reviews a celebration of toxic critters large and small at London’s Natural History Museum

Most people have been envenomed at some point. If you’re in the UK it’s probably only been as bad as a bee or wasp sting, but not everyone is so lucky. Worldwide, venoms kill 100,000 people every year. A visit to the Natural History Museum’s Venom: killer or cure exhibition left me very glad I live in a part of the world where the wildlife is relatively benign.