“Why study the shark?”, cuz that’s how you get grant money....
““Why study the shark?””
Weird poisons and nasty creatures are useful for all sorts of things.
Alligator blood, for example, has just recently been discovered to contain an anti-biotic that can kill the nastiests of staff infections (makes sense, given alligators live in nasty swamps).
Poke along and discover about God’s world.