Speculative Fact #236: A Most Curious Killer

Sometimes the cool and creepy critters of speculative fiction have strange or novel weapons beyond the claws and jaws we are familiar with.
            The alien is Ridley Scott’s Alien had a spear tipped tail, hydraulic teeth, and hydrochloric acid for blood.
            A species of snail (Conus geographusand C. tulipa) kills speedy fish with an usual weapon…insulin. By doping up its prey with a potent shot of insulin, they can slow them down long enough to finish them off with more toxic brews.
            Your stories may have a motley array of creatures with very unexpected tricks up their sleeves, as nature shows us.

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