• Godnroc@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    It’s also very good at absorbing things directly into our blood streams. I think sucking on venom is a good way to poison yourself.

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      3 months ago

      Except the truth is that no, almost every venom is safe to ingest. Provided you don’t have any cuts in your mouth or throat.

      Snakes are not immune to their own venom. They don’t need to be, because their stomach acid can break it down.

      As can ours.

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      3 months ago

      We have proteins in our diets that our body could use intact, however our digestion breaks those down and we absorb the amino acids and rebuild the needed proteins.

      No protein survives digestion. It’s really quite surprising that some prions do survive and fuck us up