05-15-2008, 05:19 AM
Well, drinking snake poison is not a sure way to die at all. It needs to get into the bloodstream. We can doubt whatever, and discuss what we think could have been, but if the people of the day say it was a viper, why not just believe them?
As for the blood around the snake bite wounds, seems like a simple wipe with a damp cloth would make the fang marks visible. Those folks were well acquainted with what kinds of poisonous snakes lived in their own area, and would probably be able to indentify the bite size and match it to likely biters.
There are snake venoms so deadly that they kill in a matter of a couple of minutes or sometimes even less. I don't know about Egyptian asp venom, and since we can't determine the species, we'll never know about that exactly.
As for the blood around the snake bite wounds, seems like a simple wipe with a damp cloth would make the fang marks visible. Those folks were well acquainted with what kinds of poisonous snakes lived in their own area, and would probably be able to indentify the bite size and match it to likely biters.
There are snake venoms so deadly that they kill in a matter of a couple of minutes or sometimes even less. I don't know about Egyptian asp venom, and since we can't determine the species, we'll never know about that exactly.
M. Demetrius Abicio
(David Wills)
Saepe veritas est dura.
(David Wills)
Saepe veritas est dura.
