Toxins which attack nerves

Muscle: Latrotoxin site (Redback Spider), Nerve: Robustoxin site (Sydney Funnel-web Spider).

Both Funnel-web and Redback Spider venoms contain toxins that attack our nervous system (neurotoxins), usually by interfering with nerve impulse transmission, so disrupting many of the body's functions. In extreme cases, this can result in death due to respiratory or circulatory failure.

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