Why don poisonous snakes, die if they bite there tongues?
Believe it or not, some snakes AREN’T immune to their own venom! Most snakes naturally do have an immunity, however. Many are even immune to the toxins of other snakes. Even some completely nonvenomous snakes and other animals (and some individual humans) have some immunity. There’s a bunch of ways this happens: exposure and developed resistance, naturally sensitive immune system, or sometimes a system that is completely insensitive so the toxin has no effect. Even those guys who aren’t immune to their own poisons aren’t usually in a lot of danger. Snake venom isn’t really a ‘poison’ per se… it usually has to be injected to work. Even you and I could probably DRINK a lot of snake venoms with no ill effects (don’t try this at home, though). Snake mouths are also usually designed in such a way that it is actually really hard for them to bite themselves AND release venom at the same time. Plus consider that most of the time when you bite your tongue you don’t actually draw blood… it j
