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1 posted on 07/12/2012 5:32:45 PM PDT by navysealdad
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Interesting. It looks like it could have some medical uses. After dilution, of course.


2 posted on 07/12/2012 5:37:17 PM PDT by exDemMom (Now that I've finally accepted that I'm living a bad hair life, I'm more at peace with the world.)
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To: navysealdad

Russell’s viper venom is highly hemotoxic. The venom in dilute form is used to detect lupus anticoagulant.


3 posted on 07/12/2012 5:38:32 PM PDT by Olog-hai
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I remember a frog from ST-2 long ago named “Snake” Olzweski. (Sp?) Got the moniker after getting bit by a rattler on the arm. Not a pretty picture. At all.


5 posted on 07/12/2012 5:53:01 PM PDT by Travis McGee (www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: navysealdad

I got bitten on the thumb by one of those a few years ago. Spent 5 days in the hospital.

I was more worried about side affects from the anti-venom than the bite itself, but everything worked out okay except for some permanent numbness in the thumb.


6 posted on 07/12/2012 5:58:52 PM PDT by expat1000
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To: navysealdad

Different snake venoms do different things. Some go straight to the heart and cause cardiac arrest. Others attack the nervous system. Some attack the blood. There are probably others that do other things


8 posted on 07/12/2012 6:43:17 PM PDT by spel_grammer_an_punct_polise (I wanna start a Seniors' Motor Scooter Gang. Wanna join?)
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To: navysealdad

So that’s how they make blood pudding.


9 posted on 07/12/2012 6:58:48 PM PDT by Rebelbase (The most transparent administration ever is clear as mud.)
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