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> This is expensive ... and the antivenoms have an expiration date, plus you'll need to keep the antivenoms distributed around the country at least enough to b
by mschuster91 2y ago
> This is expensive
... and the antivenoms have an expiration date, plus you'll need to keep the antivenoms distributed around the country at least enough to be able to fly it via a chopper anywhere it might be needed fast enough to be actually useful. The process for spider toxins is pretty similar with similar challenges.
And on top of that, at least for snakes, even in a specific region the composition of what is in the snake venom might differ between local snake populations based on what the snakes eat.