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  1. CaveDave

    Medicos, chemists, herpitologists: pit viper venom and stun-guns

    I recently heard a snake expert-handler pooh-pooh the myth of stun-guns, cattle-prods, and batteries being effective treatments for North American Pit Viper venom (rattlesnake, copperhead, and water-moccasin). These deliver, AIUI, a hemolytic protein containing Copper, and folklore has it that...
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