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Why I Love: surrounding myself with venomous critters

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imageStephens' banded snake is one of Australia's few arboreal (tree-dwelling) venomous snakes.Timothy Jackson, Author provided

Life is chemistry. You, me and every living thing – we’re all just spectacularly complex chemistry sets. Inside you, every second of the day, thousands of tiny chemical reactions are taking place.

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