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  "id": 19286,
  "url": "https://theconversation.com/why-snake-venom-may-have-evolved-to-catch-dinner-not-for-defence-288762",
  "title": "Why snake venom may have evolved to catch dinner, not for defence",
  "summary": "A new study of European vipers challenges the idea that snakes use venom to inflict pain on predators.",
  "authors": "Bálint Üveges, Research Fellow, Centre for Ecological Research; Bangor University, Wolfgang Wüster, Professor of Zoology, Bangor University",
  "category": "news",
  "topics": "military-security",
  "orgs": null,
  "regions": "eu",
  "published_at": "2026-08-13T10:04:38.000Z",
  "fetched_at": "2026-08-14T05:10:49.168Z",
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  "source_name": "The Conversation UK Technology",
  "source_homepage": "https://theconversation.com/uk/technology",
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  "original_url": "https://theconversation.com/why-snake-venom-may-have-evolved-to-catch-dinner-not-for-defence-288762",
  "evidence_status": "source-only",
  "attribution": "via ethics.ai"
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