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minus-squareCatsGoMOW@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down1·3 months 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-23 months 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-down3·3 months agoPoison is in the fangs not the meat
minus-squareCatsGoMOW@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·3 months agoI mean… a fang can be eaten. Dogs eat all sorts of weird stuff.
minus-squareBlanketsWithSmallpox@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 months 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-down1·3 months 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.
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.
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.