[QUOTE=EskillV2;36725716]Fake. Obviously he switched the floating blood with a bloody jelly during the cut where the camera zooms on his face and back again.[/QUOTE]
Well, duh, dumbass. It's not fake, but it will deffinately have such a dramatic effect if it bit you in your leg, because your body would try and fight against it.
I tried to be humorous about my first post in this thread but it seems that everyone didn't like that.
Sorry.
Isn't this how they make anti-venom aswell for new types of snakes, just let them bite into a jar and let the venom flow
[QUOTE=VaSTinY;36726685]Isn't this how they make anti-venom aswell for new types of snakes, just let them bite into a jar and let the venom flow[/QUOTE]
Yes
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Antivenom is created by milking venom from the desired snake, spider or insect. The venom is then diluted and injected into a horse, sheep or goat. The subject animal will undergo an immune response to the venom, producing antibodies against the venom's active molecule which can then be harvested from the animal's blood and used to treat envenomation.
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Source: [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antivenom[/url]
Even this utter horror will not dwindle my love for snakes. But it does reaffirm my preference for constrictor snakes.
That's just fucking awesome.
I felt bad for the snake :<
[QUOTE=Smug Bastard;36726362]Apparently the venom does the opposite with human blood and thins it so that you bleed out of every orifice.[/QUOTE]
that must have some useful medical applications. blood clots are horrible things, if the prescribed medications weren't working that surely would, though it would probably kill you if it was in anything more than a very tiny dose.
now i understand why i should chop my arm off if a snake bites it! don't want that shit spread any further and fuck more shit up!
that is, of course, if i don't manage to suck the venom out first!
oh man those sound effects made me squerm
holy shit, that's pretty neat.
Most venom doesn't act like this. In general, venom tends to mess with the metabolic processes of the cells to stop them from functioning as they should (Might be a poor example, but Cyanide for instance works by binding itself irreversibly to the Cytochrome C Oxidase enzyme which is responsible for proton transfer across the inner mitochondrial wall and into the matrix, stopping this from happening makes it impossible for us to produce ATP, most venoms do similar things,) neurotoxins do the same thing, but they mess with the processes of the nerves. Some snakes have venom that are either extremely powerful thinners or as in this case, extremely powerful coagulants. Still, it's pretty fascinating to see just how quickly it turns the blood to a thick sludge.
"Snakes...why'd it have to be snakes..."
[img]http://www.empireonline.com/images/features/100greatestcharacters/photos/6.jpg[/img]
It's a video guys. Calm your shit.
The only type of snake that exists where I live:
[img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/31/Ramphotyphlops_braminus.jpg[/img]
[url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramphotyphlops_braminus[/url]
"Real" snakes are permabanned here so I'm not too worried :v:
im never going outside again fuck that
This is the bugger we have here in Arizona that'll do the most damage.
It's the Arizona Diamondback, and he's an evil little bastard.
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Here's what happens if you don't get to anti-venom in an hour.
[B]NSFW[/B] obviously (page stretch because I don't know how to spoiler and image tag, I'll edit if someone tells me how.
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Damn nature, you scary!
But seriously, this is freaky.
Hey, I watched this documentary yesterday!
Pretty interesting stuff. Was all about venom - snakes, spiders, and finally box jellyfish.
Was pretty cool.
Wish I could remember the name of the documentary, though. They had a scene about a young woman who was bit by some spider (can't remember which). Her entire left side, from toe to shoulder, and from about the spine to her bellybutton, was nothing but one massive, crimson-red bruise, and was horribly swollen. It was pretty gnarly.
And that was just one drop of the stuff.
I could have gone my life without knowing this.
Now that is horrifying...
Yeah nope, sorry not gonna happen. I don't want to turn into a giant blood clot.
I'm surprised how little was needed for that blood to coagulate. That stuff would probably make a pressure plug and the arteries and veins in that bitten area would pop. Even if you get antivenom, that limb is ruined for sure. Snakes are useful and very good at killing (or else we would be flooded with vermin) and they must be treated like electricity and water- respected, feared and cared for.
[sp][QUOTE=Sr.;36730499]It's a video guys. Calm your shit.[/QUOTE]
Then what would we contribute? If you make a comment about the comments instead of talking about the actual content then there would be no discussion.[/sp]
The dual English/whatever language combo really ticked me off, because it was impossible to hear what the guy in English said for most of the video. That's just terrifying, though.
Not all snake venom does this, only hemotoxic.
[QUOTE=ScottyWired;36734254]I'm surprised how little was needed for that blood to coagulate.[/QUOTE]
Actually a huge dose compared to the amount of blood it's added to. Not that a single drop in the human body is something to scoff at.
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[QUOTE=FlyingDog;36727542]Most venom doesn't act like this. In general, venom tends to mess with the metabolic processes of the cells to stop them from functioning as they should (Might be a poor example, but Cyanide for instance works by binding itself irreversibly to the Cytochrome C Oxidase enzyme which is responsible for proton transfer across the inner mitochondrial wall and into the matrix, stopping this from happening makes it impossible for us to produce ATP, most venoms do similar things,) neurotoxins do the same thing, but they mess with the processes of the nerves. Some snakes have venom that are either extremely powerful thinners or as in this case, extremely powerful coagulants. Still, it's pretty fascinating to see just how quickly it turns the blood to a thick sludge.[/QUOTE]
What animals use cyanide as a venom?
Breakthrough cooking reagent
[QUOTE=Jabberwocky;36735880]What animals use cyanide as a venom?[/QUOTE]
Pretty sure there's a certain type of lemur that eats exclusively plants filled with cyanide and predators leave them alone so they don't get poisoned.
What they say in the video is that a single gram of the venom is more expensive than a gram of gold
Why do I want to eat that.
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