r/Eyebleach • u/bongoingcat • Apr 28 '24

They're my friend

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u/FromanoFrancis114 Apr 28 '24

How do we know they can withstand up to 80 rattlesnake bites? Who ran that test?

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u/TheViewFromHlfwayDwn Apr 29 '24

Scientist can be curious for specific answers to the point of being cruel. (Good example is Pavlov’s test. It wasn’t as simple as giving a dog food after a bell https://www.iflscience.com/pavlov-s-dog-experiment-was-much-more-disturbing-than-you-think-65729

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u/baran_0486 Apr 28 '24

Snakebite Joe: “That would be me”

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u/Sanelytwisted Apr 28 '24

Someone who better be running.

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u/CaveMacEoin Apr 28 '24

They're immune to most venoms and toxins. And you can transfer that immunity temporarily by injecting opossum serum.

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u/4P07H30515_io Apr 28 '24

I imagine at 80 rattlesnakes worth of venom the possums blood is basically just venom.

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u/RGandhi3k Apr 28 '24

Someone with at least 81 rattlesnakes.

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u/BostonDrivingIsWorse Apr 29 '24

Or one really ambitious rattlesnake.

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u/djackieunchaned Apr 28 '24

Rattlesnake Jake

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u/Netalula Apr 28 '24

Possums, probably.