The bite of a bloodworm delivers venom that causes severe allergic reactions. Scientists studying the venom for the first time have discovered why it causes a reaction similar to that of a bee sting.

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Small sea creatures called bloodworms can burrow down several metres into the mud of the ocean floor. They have venom-injecting jaws that contain an unusually high level of copper – and now we know ...

The bite of a bloodworm delivers venom that causes severe allergic reactions. Scientists studying the venom for the first time have discovered why it causes a reaction similar to that of a bee sting.