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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DreadedNeith" data-source="post: 134874" data-attributes="member: 28071">From what ive read, venom is harmless if ingested unless you have open sores and/or bleeding ulcers in your mouth and stomach. Venom has to get into the blood stream to be dangerous. I'm pretty sure the stomach acid, liver, and kidneys destroy it befor it ever has a chance to enter the blood stream. I think i remeber seeing a documentary or something where a guy swallowed some snake venom and was completely fine. Im not sure i would risk it though. My luck i would have some bleeding ulcer in my gut and die.It does make you think though. I know poisons can be injected and be deadly in the blood stream so what is the difference between a poison that is injected and a venom that is also injected?</blockquote>