Must Have Been REALLY Hungry

[uniface]

Analyzing coprolites-the preserved poop of people-is dirty, stinky work. But every once in a while, it reveals something truly surprising.

In the case of a new paper in the Journal of Archaeological Science, that startling something was the fang of a venomous snake, digested by a person and left in a rock shelter in what is now Texas about 1,500 years ago.

Ate it whole !

 

[sawmill man]

I guess if you get hungry enough ,head first is just as good as tail first.

 

[Huzzah!]

Saw this on DRUDGE. Fangs and all

 

[joshuaream]

Ouch.

 

[gilmerman]

There as also an uncooked mouse, with fur included, that was thought to have been the snake's meal. The snake was eaten whole according to the article.

 

[MAMucker]

Religious Ritual?

A Dare?

Sporting? Loser eats the Snake?

Lost a War? Forced Humiliation?

Newbie -Group Hazing?

Criminal Punishment?

Warrior Initiation?

What ever the reason, the person survived an unnecessarily risky situation.

 

[Fred250]

I think you can become immune to venom with enough exposure, maybe he was.

 

[MAMucker]

Edit

 

[jamey]

i was wondering were the other fang went