Drop of snake venom turns bowl of blood into Jell-O

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The thumbnail on one of those related videos is pretty grisly.

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I liked this video best with the strangely absurd English subtitles turned on.

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Too bad that’s what it says on your career chip, Frauenfelder

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Biological toxins are so elegant


As subtly crafted to interact with the target as the various hormone and signal molecules are, only with malice. I have nothing against the synthetics, mind; but nothing quite like watching a master at work.

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I don’t want to ruin the discourse here at BoingBoing, I really don’t, BUT, FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU

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UUUUUUUUUUUCK No!

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Cobra by Jeanne Arthes is available from FrangranceMad.com.

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I admire its purity. A survivor 
 unclouded by conscience, remorse, or delusions of morality.

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Sometimes that’s the only way to enjoy American TV shows-- dubbed in Russian, played on a TV, filmed off that TV, with reversed video, and translated back into English subtiles.

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Apparently dilute Russell’s viper venom is used to test for lupus anticoagulants, making the stuff useful for diagnosing people with clotting problems. (the name refers to the in vitro effects; LA in the body causes excessive clotting)

ETA: link i fixed

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Now we wait for the inevitable Heston Blumenthal recipie for ‘Blood Pudding’.

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To get the proper flavour sensation, you must first eat fungus scraped from elephant’s toes and frozen in liquid nitrogen.

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In free fall

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UUUN Times!

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That looks like the first time I tried making juice with a mega-mix of fruits, berries and veggies. Lesson learned: don’t put the orange peels in, that’s (one place) where pectin comes from. The result was similarly nasty (although far less blood and viper venom was involved).

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Meep!

Gamemaster mind takes over

takes notes for next time is in game with vampire characters

“This is your Vitae. This is your Vitae on snake venom. Any questions?”

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Your link was broken, try this one.

It’s been used for coagulation-related tests for a long time- I remember being shown a bottle of freeze-dried Russell’s viper venom when I visited the veterinary lab my dad worked at in the 1980s.

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but only as you pass ground level as you hurtle into the world’s deepest vertical cave (it’s to do with the atmospheric moisture adjustment and sudden pressure differential)

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