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7. Poison Can Always Be Sucked Out

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Bitten by a highly venomous snake? No problem, my friend. Simply wrap your lips around the wound, suck out the poison and spit it out like the boss you are. There will be no side-effects at all, and death will be avoided entirely. And if the bite wound is in a difficult place, just get a friend to suck it out for you. Possibly with hilarious and sexy consequences.

The Reality Yes, it might slow the poisoning process a little, but even a rudimentary knowledge of the blood system would tell you that unless the venom was sucked out at the same time as the bite, the flow of circulation would take the badness away from the puncture point.

So, bad news if you're the bitten party, that sucking just isn't going to cut it. Also, you should probably think twice about putting poison in your mouth anyway, if you're the sucker, because that's just not good practice at the best of times. Any contact with poison is going to have consequences, and putting it in your mouth, where it can be ingested whether you swallow or not is a quick recipe for disaster.