Morgoon@startrek.websitetoscience@lemmy.world•Two lifeforms merge in once-in-a-billion-years evolutionary event (Last time this happened, Earth got plants)
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7 months agoOh wow, didn’t even think about that. It’d be like the great oxygen event which almost killed all life in earth https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Oxidation_Event
Snakes only produce a small amount of venom and it takes days to replenish reserves. They have fine muscle control over how much venom they release and scientists have measured them releasing amounts of venom relative to the size of their target.
Not sure how aware they are of doing it but I wouldn’t be surprised with all of a viper’s sensory organs that they knew venom would go to waste on a prosthetic