Some time ago, I saw the following on a certain show in the Discovery channel: a person had a petri dish with blood in it and he also had a vial of snake (?) venom. With an eye dropper, he put a few drops of this venom into the petri dish, slightly moved the petri dish around, and after a few seconds, tried to pour the blood out of the petri dish onto a plate. The blood was so coagulated that it looked like jelly. My question is the following:
If you've seen this show, what is the name of the show and where can I see the episode. I'd appreciate it if I could know a bit more about this coagulating venom (i.e. which animal produces it, what chemical within the venom is responsible for causing the blood to coagulate, etc.) If you haven't seen the show, I'd still appreciate any information.
2007-03-11 16:33:49 · 2 answers · asked by Tony Walls 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
Most pit vipers' venom (rattlesnakes, copperheads and cottonmouthes) is a hemotoxin that destroys the living component of blood, that is not the coagulating that would be beneficial.
2007-03-11 16:38:48 · answer #1 · answered by King Rao 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Puff adder ,Kaboon viper i think ,
must be more
2007-03-12 04:57:13 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋