http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/the-venom-cure/sea-snake-venom/2065/ The premier natural history series Mon, 07 Dec 2009 13:28:02 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/the-venom-cure/sea-snake-venom/2065/comment-page-1/#comment-15925 Chrisitne Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:39:12 +0000 http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/2008/09/09/the-power-of-poison/#comment-15925 "How did snakes develop such specialized chemical weapons?" It is not a weapon but their saliva, just like you and me we have saliva to help us digest are food up, the saliva from that snake is used to turn the inside of their food into a slusshy so they can easily digest it.It is not a weapon their is not an unlimited supply, only what their body produces is what they have. Snakes use it for food, and only bite when provoked, you should thank the snakes for the awesome gifts of cures they give us. “How did snakes develop such specialized chemical weapons?” It is not a weapon but their saliva, just like you and me we have saliva to help us digest are food up, the saliva from that snake is used to turn the inside of their food into a slusshy so they can easily digest it.It is not a weapon their is not an unlimited supply, only what their body produces is what they have. Snakes use it for food, and only bite when provoked, you should thank the snakes for the awesome gifts of cures they give us.

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