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Adhesive characteristics of venom
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by Frawgg on December 11, 2006
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WHY does snake venom adhere to glass so well? I can't recall of ANYTHING that binded to glass as well as Aspidelaps venom. Are certain snake venoms more adhesive than others! If so, WHY? This kind of gives me the chills when I think about snake venom entering the blood stream. "Super Glue" could stand to learn a few things by studying the properties of snake venom.
Merry Christmas to ALL and BE SAFE!
Michael
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by David_Eakin on December 12, 2006
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It actually makes a lot of sense. All the personal accounts of bites I've read about comment on how much blood there is or how freely the wound bleeds. If the venom didn't "stick" it might just get bled out in the first minute instead of having time to get into the bloodstream. Of course I could be wrong, I am a large percentage of the time. This seems logical though.
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by rabbitsmcgatess on December 12, 2006
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The more protein in it the more it will stick to glass. The more RNA in it the more it will stick to glass. The more mucopolysaccharides the more it will stick to glass.
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