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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Eighth Eye Blind" data-source="post: 241548" data-attributes="member: 49683">Oh! Why didn't you say so? Your new friends are the same gift as an OBT but in a different colored wrapper. You'll love them just as much.I'm serious about the bite, though. It's looking to be way nastier than people have previously thought.The Singapore Blue's venom is currently subject to significant interest from the pharmaceutical industry because it contains a particularly potent component called an inhibitory cysteine knot peptide that might be useful in some neurological diseases.There's a lab in Australia that studies the venom and the researchers there are all scared of the Ts. If an Aussie is scared of a spider then you know that it's a fun species to work with!</blockquote>