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minus-squareCatsGoMOW@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down1·1 year agoWait. So what if you ate the snake… wouldn’t that mean at that point it could be poisonous? Checkmate.
minus-squareJusticeForPorygon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·edit-21 year agoIf you consume venom and don’t have any open sores, you should be fine in most cases. Source Poison, however, will probably still kill you if you inject it into your bloodstream. Then again, most things will kill you if you inject it into your bloodstream.
minus-squareTwitches@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down3·1 year agoPoison is in the fangs not the meat
minus-squareCatsGoMOW@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 year agoI mean… a fang can be eaten. Dogs eat all sorts of weird stuff.
minus-squareBlanketsWithSmallpox@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoVenom is transported through the fangs just so a bunch of children don’t go eating a bunch of venom glands…
minus-squaregila@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·1 year agoYes, venom is poisonous. It is a subset of poisons that are injected via bites or stings.
Wait. So what if you ate the snake… wouldn’t that mean at that point it could be poisonous? Checkmate.
If you consume venom and don’t have any open sores, you should be fine in most cases.
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Poison, however, will probably still kill you if you inject it into your bloodstream. Then again, most things will kill you if you inject it into your bloodstream.
Poison is in the fangs not the meat
I mean… a fang can be eaten. Dogs eat all sorts of weird stuff.
Fair enough lol
Venom is transported through the fangs just so a bunch of children don’t go eating a bunch of venom glands…
Yes, venom is poisonous. It is a subset of poisons that are injected via bites or stings.