• deranger@sh.itjust.works
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        5 days ago

        Non-necrotizing, non-fatal. There’s waaaaay worse out there, and much more commonly found too. Pain sucks, no doubt about that, but you’ll survive and not lose a limb.

        Interestingly there’s a D-amino acid in their genome which is the only D-amino acid found thus far in mammals.

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          Yeah but it’s very long lasting venom and doesn’t respond well to pain medication iirc, so it’s still pretty high on the list of nasty venoms I think