Can You Drink Snake Venom?

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Can you actually drink that steaming mug of snake venom? The science comes down to the difference between poisons and venoms, and to the oral toxicity of the venom itself.

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Sources:
https://doi.org/10.1111/brv.12062
https://doi.org/10.12720/ijlbpr.4.1.10-16
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jemermed.2015.11.037
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.toxicon.2018.06.077
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yrtph.2014.12.019
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquatox.2018.10.012
https://doi.org/10.3390/toxins9030075

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