Antivenom takes a lot of venom to produce. So there are a lot of snakes. Many, many snakes. Or snakebats in this case.
"Hey, you might want to keep a distance. I'm about to start milking the fever-snakes," he says in greeting, before actually addressing what she says. Lab safety: more important than being polite.
"Indulging in the rich scientific tradition of self-experimentation. The animal empathy seemed like a natural choice," he says, grabbing a hooked tool to reach in to grab the limply docile snake. He gently eases its jaws open, and hooks the top fangs over the edge of a fresh collection flask.
"It's still going to take me a few months to get enough venom to start the process of making antivenoms, but it does look like this will speed it up significantly, if I can keep a reasonable level of access to the drugs."
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"Hey, you might want to keep a distance. I'm about to start milking the fever-snakes," he says in greeting, before actually addressing what she says. Lab safety: more important than being polite.
"Indulging in the rich scientific tradition of self-experimentation. The animal empathy seemed like a natural choice," he says, grabbing a hooked tool to reach in to grab the limply docile snake. He gently eases its jaws open, and hooks the top fangs over the edge of a fresh collection flask.
"It's still going to take me a few months to get enough venom to start the process of making antivenoms, but it does look like this will speed it up significantly, if I can keep a reasonable level of access to the drugs."