Assertion: rattlesnake's venom | /r/HasProperty | fatal
Facets:
value: potentially
type: DEGREE
value: to humans
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: after 27 years of storage
type: TEMPORAL
value: to cats
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: to mice
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: to large vertebrates
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: as works
type: MANNER
value: in some snakes
type: LOCATION
value: as cyanide
type: OTHER
value: to an injected animal
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: reputedly
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
text: The venom, which is used primarily to immobilize prey, can be fatal to humans if the bite is untreated.
text: Rattlesnakes rarely kill people, although the venom can be deadly.
text: What is also scary is that their venom is extremely fast-acting and lethal, often causing paralysis, and temporary or permanent short term memory loss.
text: In some snakes, the venom itself is fatal to an injected animal.
text: Some snakes carry dangerous venom which can be harmful and even fatal to humans.
text: This spider’s venom is reputedly twice as deadly as cyanide and works by attacking the nervous system preventing nerve impulses from being switched off.
text: However, only about 20 of these species have venom that is potentially deadly to humans and most of these are from a single family, Buthidae.
text: The deaths of two prominent herpetologists, Robert Mertens and Karl Schmidt, from African colubrid bites, changed that assessment, and recent events reveal that several other species of rear-fanged snakes have venoms that are potentially lethal to large vertebrates.
text: Venom is still lethal to mice and cats after 27 years of storage.