As well as inflicting a nasty bite, its saliva contains an anti-coagulant, which means wounds bleed for much longer than normal.

Llamas have a nasty bite and charging bulls can do incalculable harm — often to themselves.

Globalisation has turned out to have a nasty bite.

Dark and complicated, they can have a nasty bite.

Although less venomous, these spiders are still capable of a nasty bite similar to a bee or wasp sting, although some people's reaction can be much worse.