Snake Venom in little amounts could be healthy ...

jefro · 05-16-2015, 07:58 PM

I was on my way to work, had to try to get phone camera going and trying to see in sunlight. Lucky to get what I did. Maybe could have followed him into the grass but....nooo.

I've had a number of rattle snakes and cotton mouths before but this is the first coral near my house.

I usually take rattlers for a ride. Put them in a trash can and drive them farther out in the country.

273 · 05-16-2015, 08:18 PM

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Originally Posted by jefro

Just took a photo of a coral snake and thought about this thread. I didn't want to see if the bite would help me. Kind of hard to get a good photo. Red did touch yellow.

Thanks -- the world really is different for us all. I have some photographs of bees and, far as I can recall, they are the most poisonous creatures I have captured on camera.
I did try to recall whether it was yellow on red and you are dead or red on yellow and they are mellow but I clean forgot my vigorous* SAS** training.

*Well... occasional.
**I have this book...

jefro · 05-16-2015, 10:19 PM

All I ever knew was is red touches yellow it can kill a fellow. Never cared for the other harmless snakes rhyme.

I have seen those other imitation snakes before but I tend to look for the black head of a coral first and tend to notice the shape of the tails.

Rattle snakes and scorpions tend to show up after this coming holiday through summer.

Xeratul · 06-13-2015, 02:10 PM

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Originally Posted by jefro

All I ever knew was is red touches yellow it can kill a fellow. Never cared for the other harmless snakes rhyme.

I have seen those other imitation snakes before but I tend to look for the black head of a coral first and tend to notice the shape of the tails.

Rattle snakes and scorpions tend to show up after this coming holiday through summer.

what's the most dangerous snake ever?

http://www.conservationinstitute.org...-in-the-world/

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What does that mean? For treating or curing diseases?

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One component of the deathstalker's venom, the peptide chlorotoxin, has shown potential for treating human brain tumors.[14] There has also been some evidence to show that other components of the venom may aid in the regulation of insulin and could be used to treat diabetes

jefro · 06-13-2015, 02:41 PM

They warned us about a snake in Japan that was supposed to be one of the worst. Some viper as I recall.

I have high hopes that the animals on the earth have better cures than man made ones. Many animals and plants have created such complex ways to cope with the world that we may never know. As your link points out, we are our own worst enemy.

Xeratul · 06-17-2015, 12:39 PM

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Most likely, yogurt would have done the same thing, and without the risk of supremely-nasty pathogens like e coli.

I replaced the cow milk by goat milk. I am loving goat milk. Daily intake.
It seems that goat milk is heathly taken daily.

I drink it with natural oat daily.

and ... one or two activia daily

jefro · 06-17-2015, 08:14 PM

Seems to be popular. The goat farmers are having a hard time keeping up. Shame that goats tend to destroy land more than cows.

Xeratul · 06-19-2015, 11:24 AM

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... worst enemy.

The worst enemies aren't a VIRUS or a genetic mutation under radiations?

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Humans have been battling viruses since before our species had even evolved into its modern form. For some viral diseases, vaccines and antiviral drugs have allowed us to keep infections from spreading widely, and have helped sick people recover. For one disease smallpox we've been able to eradicate it, ridding the world of new cases.

All about snakes and venoms - overview: http://www.newtonsapple.org.uk/homer...edator-snakes/

by the way, melittin is also great against HIV and tumors.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p245IE6_qf8
The benefits of this therapy are still uncertain, but the dangers are clear. what about survivors of Androctonus crassicauda?

but you could maybe consider a dragon

http://exoticpets.about.com/od/choos...idsandpets.htm
but best snakes are probably corn snake: http://www.reptileknowledge.com/articles/article16.php
But ... if you think about having a pet, please take a cat or a dog.

http://renasherwood.hubpages.com/hub...Make-Good-Pets