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minus-squarestarik@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up152arrow-down2·6 days agoHe thought the bite wouldn’t be fatal because of the snake’s age.
minus-squareWhyIHateTheInternet@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up36·6 days agoIsn’t that usually the opposite from what we now know? Like the young can’t control the venom or something?
minus-squareSwedneck@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 day agowell that goes both ways, a juvenile might go whole hog with the venom whereas an adult might decide it’s not worth spending the venom on you.
minus-squarestarik@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up38·6 days agoThat’s right, he thought it was too old to kill him
He thought the bite wouldn’t be fatal because of the snake’s age.
Isn’t that usually the opposite from what we now know? Like the young can’t control the venom or something?
well that goes both ways, a juvenile might go whole hog with the venom whereas an adult might decide it’s not worth spending the venom on you.
That’s right, he thought it was too old to kill him