fun fact: only one species of snake is poisonous, the rest are either venomous or non-venomous. There is actually a difference between the two toxins, venom must be injected into the blood stream and poison must be eaten. I could drink a cup of venom, no harm done! Anyway, just thought I'd share this, if a snake is called poisonous it is actually venomous. I know several reptile enthusiasts who get very worked up about that sort of thing.
seriously tho, someone give him a medal or something
Uhm leggedsnail, if you drunk a cup of venom it would still get absorbed into your blood stream while going through the digestive process. It would take maybe take a little longer to effect you. But in the end it will still harm you.
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oh. Apologies, I learned that from a professional and assumed it to be true, sorry! Though I didn't know that, hank you for clarifying. ^^'
Now to go inform the person who told me so we can both explain things more efficiently....
Usually a tourniquet is actually a bad idea when you've been bitten by something, since tourniquets can cause problems on their own (they're only for very extreme emergencies and can cause loss of limb) as well as the fact that when it's removed the rush of blood will be much faster and more likely to cause damage. That's what I've heard, anyway.
Yeah but he wanted to stop the blood moving to the rest of his body because it had the poison it it.
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Torniquets are dangerous, and like missraven said, they can cause permanent damage to a limb. The best thing to do when bitten by a venomous snake is 1) make the bitten area lower than the heart (ex: if you were bitten in the leg, stand up) so that the blood wouldn't get to the heart as quick and 2) go to the hospital immediately.
Of course, if you're stranded in an area without a hospital nearby I guess you would definitely have to use a tourniquet.
seriously tho, someone give him a medal or something
oh. Apologies, I learned that from a professional and assumed it to be true, sorry! Though I didn't know that, hank you for clarifying. ^^'
Now to go inform the person who told me so we can both explain things more efficiently....
Of course, if you're stranded in an area without a hospital nearby I guess you would definitely have to use a tourniquet.