It's possible.
Snake venoms are complex and usually contain
multiple toxins. The main categories are neurotoxins--which affect the nervous
system--and hemotoxins, which affect the blood (and often soft tissues like
skin and muscle).
Some venoms contain hemotoxins. A few types of
hemotoxins:
--Some hemotoxins thin the blood--they
anticoagulate.
--Hemolysins are a type of hemotoxin
that can rupture (lyse) red blood cells.
--Agglutinins promote coagulation of
blood--what you see in the video is a large soft clot.
The video looks like a cobra--? Cobras usually
have primarily neurotoxic venom. It affects the ability of nerves to transmit
impulses and leads to weakness and death. Suffocation from not being able to
breathe is part of this.
Rattlesnakes produce a mostly a hemotoxic
venom.
Hope this helps!
Questions? Comments?
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