Omg that’s really interesting, I never would have guessed! Are the effects of the venom and the poison similar at all? I kinda had the intuition that venoms were generally at least kind of edible, probably just because snake venom is lol. Is it even the same chemicals between the two effects? Sorry, my mind is just blown, haha
There are many toxins and some might produce similar effects when ingested, to those that were injected into the bloodstream. Some among these are similar to alcohol poisoning, some might probably give you a drug-like bad trip, others might be fatal. What I’m trying to say is, that there are many variables involved and the result “might vary”.
It’s also most likley wrong. I don’t know where this guys get this information but I was unable to find any source to back that up.
And common sense would suggest, they are infact not poisonous.
For example, spiders are a really, really popular prey and get eaten by reptiles, mammal, birds and other athropods and they don’t die of poisonous as a result.
And while I can’t find any souce and tests with spider venom, snake venom has been tested when ingested. And while it can indeed cause harm, the dose required is vastly higher. As spiders venom is usually less potatent than snake venom and they are usually smaller, you’d need to eat a lot of spiders to feel any kind of posioning effect.
Omg that’s really interesting, I never would have guessed! Are the effects of the venom and the poison similar at all? I kinda had the intuition that venoms were generally at least kind of edible, probably just because snake venom is lol. Is it even the same chemicals between the two effects? Sorry, my mind is just blown, haha
Noprob, nature is weirder than we can assume.
There are many toxins and some might produce similar effects when ingested, to those that were injected into the bloodstream. Some among these are similar to alcohol poisoning, some might probably give you a drug-like bad trip, others might be fatal. What I’m trying to say is, that there are many variables involved and the result “might vary”.
Rule of thumb: do not eat spiders. 😉
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It’s also most likley wrong. I don’t know where this guys get this information but I was unable to find any source to back that up.
And common sense would suggest, they are infact not poisonous.
For example, spiders are a really, really popular prey and get eaten by reptiles, mammal, birds and other athropods and they don’t die of poisonous as a result.
And while I can’t find any souce and tests with spider venom, snake venom has been tested when ingested. And while it can indeed cause harm, the dose required is vastly higher. As spiders venom is usually less potatent than snake venom and they are usually smaller, you’d need to eat a lot of spiders to feel any kind of posioning effect.