Alex laughs again, this time more of an amused, humble chuckle.

"A little bit of that, probably. But more to understand them. And believe it or not, there are medicines that can be made using small amounts of snake or spider venom. These snakes don't exist back home, could be there's a cure for something in them."

He decides it's probably not a good idea to mention animals that secrete psychedelic compounds. He can very clearly imagine Antimony scolding him for not sending the cowboy out to lick toads.