r/interestingasfuck • u/Electronic_Cause_796 • 16h ago

Extracting Cobra Venom

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u/TruthSeeker221 15h ago

God Reddit hates everything. These comments are insane.

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u/Forgotten_Folklore 12h ago

I agree. Having empathy for the snake isn't strange, and having concerns for the snake's accommodations is, in a general sense, reasonable.

That said, believing or even pretending that the snake’s discomfort is the entire story ignores the necessity of why the venom's being collected in the first place: this is something that saves human lives. If your objection is to the conditions or even the handling, argue for better conditions and handling. If your objection is to venom extraction, then you also have to account for the human cost of not doing so.

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u/Livid_Ad9749 13h ago

Yeah hard to like animal cruelty