The bite of a blue-ringed octopus is one of the deadliest in the world — and it comes in a squishy package.The tiny blue-ringed octopus packs a lethal punch. One of the deadliest animals in the world, this little cephalopod doesn’t have razor-sharp teeth or even the ability to travel particularly fast. But it does produce a neurotoxin with the power to paralyze — or kill.
When threatened, rings of electric blue flare along the body of this seemingly harmless mollusk. Read More...
The doctors' mix up with a saline drip and a formaldehyde drip after surgery caused a young woman's body to erode from inside. east2west newsEkaterina and her mother Galina Baryshnikova.
A criminal investigation is underway after a 27-year-old woman was accidentally embalmed following a routine surgery. Ekaterina Fedyaeva died of multiple organ failures two days after doctors accidentally administered a formalin drip instead of a saline drip.
While saline after surgery has few risks and is used for things like rehydrating patients and maintaining blood pressure, a formalin drip contains formaldehyde and is usually infused into the veins of people who are already dead in order to prevent decomposition. Read More...
A pilgrim lays on the ground holding candles during the centuries-old annual pilgrimage to the Iglesia De San Lazaro (Church of Saint Lazarus) on the Day Of Saint Lazarus. Rincon, Cuba. December 17, 2002. Sven Creutzmann/Mambo Photography/Getty Images A Santeria practitioner with Tarot cards and cigar for future readings. Havana, Cuba. April 3, 2013. Education Images/UIG via Getty Images Babalawo using rum to bless a shrine. March 9, 2013. Read More...
