The hairy-tailed mole has a toxic saliva, similar to that of its cousin, the short-tailed shrew, although not poisonous.
In feeding, the adelgid sucks sap of the young branches, and in doing so it probably injects a toxic saliva into the tree.
The rapid engorgement phase is also associated with the greatest injection of the toxic saliva.
The octopus kills its prey, mainly small crabs, by biting them and injecting highly toxic saliva into the wound.
The piercing-sucking insect feeds on the sap of young branches and also seems to transmit a toxic saliva that dries out the tree's foliage.
They do their damage, entomologists believe, by draining a tree of its sap and injecting it with a toxic saliva.
Members of this genus have enlarged rear maxillary teeth, two on each side, and possess a slightly toxic saliva.
During feeding, they inject a toxic saliva.
This species damages fruit by injecting the cells with toxic saliva.
Instead having a toxic saliva, not harmful to humans.