SciShow: What Happens When a Venomous Snake Bites Itself?

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Content of the Lesson: SciShow is supported by Brilliant.org. Go to https://Brilliant.org/SciShow to get 20% off of an annual Premium subscription. Venomous snakes produce some of the world’s deadliest substances, so they have to be pretty careful about how they use it. But what happens if they accidentally inject themselves with their own harmful cocktail? Hosted by: Rose Bear Don't Walk SciShow has a spinoff podcast! It's called SciShow Tangents. Check it out at http://www.scishowtangents.org ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow ---------- Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporters for helping us keep SciShow free for everyone forever: Silas Emrys, Drew Hart, Jeffrey Mckishen, James Knight, Christoph Schwanke, Jacob, Matt Curls, Christopher R Boucher, Eric Jensen, Adam Brainard, Nazara Growing Violet, Ash, Laura Sanborn, Sam Lutfi, Piya Shedden, Katie Marie Magnone, Scott Satovsky Jr, charles george, Alex Hackman, Chris Peters, Kevin Bealer, Alisa Sherbow ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: http://scishow.tumblr.com Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow ---------- Sources: https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2019.00218/full https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28233897/ https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35657772 https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2020.2703 https://doi.org/10.3390/toxins12100638 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbrc.2010.04.024 https://doi.org/10.3390/toxins8090250 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29318152/ https://doi.org/10.1016/j.toxicon.2016.12.003 https://doi.org/10.2307/1435559 https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/snake-in-long-grass-with-mouth-open-showing-venom-gm156213917-10367892 https://www.istockphoto.com/vector/set-of-muscular-bearded-mans-vector-illustration-gm499429924-80224173 https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/bush-viper-snake-rare-black-variation-gm1197171455-341712236 https://www.storyblocks.com/video/stock/great-basin-rattlesnake-ready-to-strike-mjb72lm https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/white-lipped-island-pitviper-gm497279408-79030445 https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/close-up-of-a-venomous-bush-viper-snake-gm517159522-89363763 https://www.istockphoto.com/vector/flat-design-illustration-of-hand-holding-key-and-unlocking-or-locking-entrance-door-gm1287047224-383362333 https://www.istockphoto.com/vector/man-character-gm883079794-245659238 https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/blue-viper-ready-to-attack-blue-insularis-trimeresurus-insularis-gm1131551639-299657074 https://www.istockphoto.com/vector/green-plus-and-red-minus-symbols-round-thin-line-vector-signs-gm1225034279-360435970 https://www.istockphoto.com/vector/raised-hands-gm185506532-28524254 https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/egyptian-cobra-naja-haje-gm93217894-10131292 https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/african-bush-viper-gm134544187-9801682 https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?search=Gloydius+brevicaudus&title=Special:MediaSearch&go=Go&type=image https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/male-hand-with-the-wound-from-snake-bite-or-snakebite-bite-marks-with-blood-drops-gm1282816998-380433855 https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/palm-valley-oasis-gm1193256980-339339011 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/9272257 https://www.istockphoto.com/vector/phone-screen-frame-and-template-of-cellphone-isolated-on-transparent-background-gm1250626051-364817299 https://www.istockphoto.com/vector/uroboros-snake-coiled-in-a-ring-biting-its-tail-scratch-board-imitation-black-and-gm1268518502-372374103


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