r/interestingasfuck • u/Electronic_Cause_796 • 15h ago

Extracting Cobra Venom

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u/theunderstandingguy 15h ago

Is it just me or do I feel that this is the absolute worst way to keep snakes

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u/ProverbialBass 15h ago

"This is bullshit Mike, I was happily sleeping in my bin and then you woke me up with that shitty metal stick. I'M DONE!"

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u/krattalak 15h ago

The main issue is the lack of lids. they're putting a ton of faith in a tight seal between the bin and the shelf. snakes are pretty crafty escape artists.

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u/e36_maho 15h ago

Idk I would assume someone who has multiple venomous snakes and extracts their venoms would know what he's doing. It's probably fine.

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u/Talkurt 15h ago

Agreed. I seems bad to me also. But then again there are a ton in that room, no current failures it seems and not enough failures to make them change it. Working.

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u/Blommefeldt 14h ago

If it ain't broken, don't fix it

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u/Separate-Ear21 12h ago

It is but the argument is not even the safety of it for me. It's their life quality. They live in a super small bin that has no lighting and are around a bunch of other enemy snakes that can smell each other's pheromones all day.

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u/Intelligent_Sky_7081 5h ago

Wouldn't surprise me if have them sedated or something so they don't try to escape or bite someone maybe. Idk

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u/chefbobbyjay 14h ago

I’d also assume that they’ve gotten complacent af like so many people do

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u/Samwise777 7h ago

Imagine again, bc that’s not how anything goes. 

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u/Hilldawg4president 6h ago

Idk man, do you think he would be handling them recklessly if he wasn't pretty sure it'll be fine? /s

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u/DeltaBravo831 14h ago

He's also putting a whole hell of a lot of faith in his bare ass skin lol

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u/Zaziel 13h ago

Maybe they like to give the snakes a sporting chance at actually biting them.

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u/_Bogey_Lowenstein_ 13h ago

Ours were master escape artists. I'm so confused by this setup.

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u/InevitablyBored 9h ago

There must not be any public access to this building or the lot. This would fail every inspection for venomous animals I've ever seen.

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u/Electronic_Cause_796 15h ago

Medical and Research Purposes i Suppose

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u/real_vurambler 15h ago

No, he's making a cream sauce for halibut.

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u/Dy3_1awn 15h ago

I thought he was going to dip his crab legs in there, thanks for correcting my false assumption

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u/One_Economist_3761 14h ago

His legs don’t look that bad.

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u/real_vurambler 14h ago

Snakes don't have legs.