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Harmful to Useful

Use harmful factors to achieve a positive effect.

Ivy is normally a poisoned plant. Used in small doses it helps against cough.

The food of the sea snail Glaucus Atlanticus are very poisoned jellyfishes. But the poison is no problem for it. It stores the poison into it's body as a protection to enemies.