are supposed to be the most venomous creatures
could yoo make a poison from dead dried ones?...hmmmm?
2006-12-04 09:05:48 · 11 answers · asked by bad juju girl 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
Venom = carrying venom
Poisonous = if consumed it is toxic.
Daddy Long Legs are neither. And even if you dried them up I doubt it would do much. Foe example I know when you cok scorpions you have to cook them well or when you eat the tail end you can have mild side effects.
But in general venom is something that is only gotten from the living, and when dead there are such small amounts. And they're not poisonous either. Neither species are a real danger to humans.
"If these spiders were indeed deadly poisonous but couldn't bite humans, then the only way we would know that they are poisonous is by milking them and injecting the venom into humans. For a variety of reasons including Amnesty International and a humanitarian code of ethics, this research has never been done." - from snopes.com
2006-12-04 10:47:52 · answer #1 · answered by ladyelfoftherings 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
possibly, but if they are dried surely the poison would dry up with them?
But, saying that, the powder from the dried venom might still work - but you will be there for forever!
What about farming and milking them like they do with snakes?
Why do you want to know this?
2006-12-04 17:09:01 · answer #2 · answered by noggintrude 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
This is an urban myth. Daddy longlegs don't carry any poison at all. You couldn't make poison from them.
2006-12-04 17:08:52 · answer #3 · answered by smooth_joe_ox 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well maybe but there wouldn't be much in each so it would take a long time to get a good amount of poison.
2006-12-04 17:07:43 · answer #4 · answered by nettyone2003 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Crane flies aren't venomous you fool.
they're harmless.
2006-12-04 20:36:20 · answer #5 · answered by mainwoolly 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you mean Crane Flies, both the adults and larvae are eaten by birds . Sorry, they are NOT poisonous.
2006-12-04 18:20:41 · answer #6 · answered by ED SNOW 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You would need to harvest the venom from many live ones and use it on a sharp object (like a blow dart) in order to use it to kill people. HAHAHA what fun that would be.
2006-12-04 17:12:39 · answer #7 · answered by monkeymanelvis 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Well actually they dont even have venom glands, so no they are not venomous, this is a very common misconcepton....
sorry..........
2006-12-04 22:07:14 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Who told you that? Daddy Long Legs are totally harmless and non-toxic. they don't even bite you.
2006-12-04 17:08:29 · answer #9 · answered by ashypoo 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
crane flies (aka daddy long legs) are different from daddy long legs spiders in Austrailia...
2006-12-04 17:07:57 · answer #10 · answered by seriocomic_fusion 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋