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Pufferfish venom blocks sodium channels in nerves, while monkshood venom activates them. Because the two poisons work in opposite ways, taking them together delays their effects. In 1986, a murderer in Japan exploited this principle to delay the time of death and fabricate an alibi.
  • Pufferfish
  • Monkshood
  • Poison
  • Japan
  • Chemistry
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