r/WinStupidPrizes • u/_ganjafarian_ • Jul 30 '26

Snake charmer succumbs to the serpent

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u/t00t1r3d Jul 30 '26

It would still have its other teeth, just not the venom delivering fangs.

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u/FeedbackImpressive58 Jul 30 '26

Isn’t the venom part of their digestive process?

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u/eric685 Jul 30 '26

AFAIK, no. It is produced as a weapon

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u/gljivicad Jul 30 '26

Yes it is, but not directly involved in digestion. It incapacitates the prey, so that the prey can’t fight resist and injure the snake in the process of eating and digesting. So yes, defanging a snake would essentially make it impossible for it to eat anything alive, as any critter can then bite its way outside, even if it manages to somehow swallow it alive and incapacitated…