How does a rattlesnake's venom work?

Answer 1

There are many ways in which snake vemon proteins attack the target. Some attack the central nervous system, other create blood clots and still others thin the blood and cause internal bleeding. It is all species specific.

Answer 2

because venom is poison and poisin kill people (which are human

To improve on this answer ^^ AND actually ANSWER the question... Snake venom falls mainly into two groups, it either acts as a clotting agent to the victims' blood - causing the heart to stop - or - it attacks the nervous system, shutting down the victims brain functions.

Answer 3

Anti-venom is similar to vaccination, in that the anti-venom is produced using diluted venom.It counteracts the venom.

Answer 4

When someone is bitten by a snake with hemotoxic venom, the venom typically acts to lower blood pressure and encourage blood clotting. The venom may also attack the heart muscle with the goal of causing death. Cytotoxic venom is designed to cause tissue death, which is why some people have to receive amputations after being bitten, because the venom has eaten away the localized tissue. Many cytotoxic venoms can also spread through the body, increasing muscle permeability so that the venom can penetrate quickly.

A neurotoxic venom works to disrupt the function of the brain and nervous system. Classically, such snake venom causes paralysis or lack of muscle control, but it can also disrupt the individual signals sent between neurons and muscles. Such venoms can also attack the body's supply of ATP, a nucleotide which is critical in energy transfer between cells.

Answer 5

Almost like you produce spit. It is an modified saliva gland thus there is no such thing as a dry bite. Dry bite refering to what people call it when a venomous snake has bit and not injected venom.

Answer 6

It is a hemotoxin, meaning it damages organic tissue - especially red blood cells. Given that it only damages the target through direct degeneration of what it comes into contact with, in a large-bodied creature such as a human, you can imagine why it would be difficult for it to damage the vital organs enough to cause death.

Answer 7

Venom is manufactured in the salivary glands.

Answer 8

Depends on the venom. Some go straight to the central nervous system and you die in minutes. Others take awhile.

Answer 9

Anti Venom Wants to destroy the venom symbiote.