arrow poison
Hunting dart venom
Arrow poison is a toxic substance applied to arrowheads or blowdart tips to kill or paralyze prey.
Various cultures developed these poisons from plant extracts, animal venoms, or bacterial compounds.
The most famous is curare, derived from South American plants, which causes muscle paralysis.
Hunters tipped their arrows with poison to bring down large game quickly.
- curarePlant-derived paralytic toxin
- blowgunBreath-propelled dart tube
- blow dartExhaled missile weapon
- toxinBiological-origin harm agent
- venomInjected animal poison
nerve agent · hunting · tribal · tribal warfare · Amazon · South American · frog · tip · deadly · paralysis · muscle relaxant · indigenous · jungle · lethal · coating · dipped · strychnine · hunter
- Amazonian tribesGuarani, Amazon tribes, rainforest tribes, tribal chiefs, tribal elders
- muscle relaxantsmuscle relaxants, curare, botulinum toxin, botox, soma
- ethnobotanyayahuasca, peyote, coca, coca leaf, cannabis
- Pygmiesforest foraging, honey gathering, nomadic lifestyle, forest spirits
arrow poisonantidote
Substance neutralizing harmful agents
antivenin · antivenom · antitoxin · counterpoison · medicine
arrow poisonarrowhead
Piercing end of projectile
arrow shaft · fletching · arrow · projectile · dart
arrow poisonarmor
Protective combat covering
shield · protective coating · balm · healing ointment · defensive weapon
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