Venomous mammals
What do the Cuban and Haitian Solenodon, Platypus, Eurasian water shrew, Northern Short-tailed Shrew, Southern Short-tailed Shrew, European Mole and Slow lorises have in common?
Oh no, I gave it away in the title didn’t I?
Venomous mammals are in fact very rare, possibly because mammals are generally smart and effective enough to kill their prey without needing a slow acting poison.
