Why doesn an eagle get affected by the poison, after eating a poisonous snake?
Snakes are not poisonous, they are venomous. Poison is a toxin delivered by ingestion or inhalation. Venom is a toxin delivered by a bite or sting. Ingested venom is generally harmless as it must enter the bloodstream to cause harm. Therefore the eagle eating a venomous snake comes to no harm. Poisonous animals would of course afflect the consumer as ingestion is a method of poisoning. NO, it is not safe to eat poisonous animals at all. (read above). Although venom is generally harmless if ingested, all it would take is a recent cut, say around the mouth as a entry point into the bloodstream and the person eating the envenomated flesh is now envenomated themselves.
