Wait, why do you have a wine glass full of blood in the first place?

October 11, 2012 3:51 PM

What Snake Venom Does To Blood (SLDubbedYTP)
posted by The Whelk (37 comments total)

That's just not right.
posted by MustardTent at 3:56 PM on October 11, 2012

whelk just admit this is from my tumblr
posted by elizardbits at 3:56 PM on October 11, 2012

whelk just admit this is from my venom glands
posted by Sticherbeast at 3:57 PM on October 11, 2012 [9 favorites]

Oh...God....
posted by limeonaire at 3:57 PM on October 11, 2012

Everything horrible and beautiful is from your tumblr elizardbits.
posted by The Whelk at 3:58 PM on October 11, 2012 [3 favorites]

The venom from that snake (Daboia russelii) directly activates clotting factor X which accounts for the rapid clotting. In fact, diluted venom is used in a diagnostic test for Lupus Anticoagulant.
posted by atrazine at 3:59 PM on October 11, 2012 [9 favorites]

Isn't evolution just awesome?
posted by Blazecock Pileon at 4:00 PM on October 11, 2012 [1 favorite]

Also, did they immediately burn all associated materials afterward? This seems to call for some serious biohazard burnination.
posted by limeonaire at 4:00 PM on October 11, 2012

Pretty sure this is actually a deleted scene from The Thing.
posted by 2bucksplus at 4:00 PM on October 11, 2012 [2 favorites]

The wineglass is my favourite part.
posted by elizardbits at 4:04 PM on October 11, 2012 [1 favorite]

But it didn't have a garnish. :(
posted by theatro at 4:06 PM on October 11, 2012

More about lupus anticoagulants. Contrary to the name, they only anticoagulate blood in vitro, in laboratory tests. In the body, they promote excessive clotting and put you at risk of deep vein thrombosis or stroke. They can be associated with lupus erythrematosus, but can also be present without that disease.
posted by impishoptimist at 4:07 PM on October 11, 2012

I like all those dozens of pots behind the guy each obviously filled with some new horror and just covered with like a scrap of teeshirt and a cute sash and then I imagine him turning from the camera and tripping over one and unleashing the Old Gods on the earth.
posted by shakespeherian at 4:08 PM on October 11, 2012 [18 favorites]

It's like a Zelda puzzle but instead of rupees or heart containers it's ANGRY HISSING SNAKES
posted by The Whelk at 4:09 PM on October 11, 2012 [7 favorites]

hisssssSSSSSsssssSSSsss
posted by elizardbits at 4:10 PM on October 11, 2012

Mefi and AskMe synchronicity
posted by The Whelk at 4:10 PM on October 11, 2012 [1 favorite]

sometimes i send out business emails in which the entire content is hissssssss. this comes as a surprise to absolutely no one.
posted by elizardbits at 4:11 PM on October 11, 2012 [2 favorites]

So, this is an interesting video, seems like something should happen soon, perhapsOHMYGOD.
posted by davejay at 4:20 PM on October 11, 2012 [3 favorites]

Undubbed version wherein you find out what happens to human blood. Also Blood, Gallbladder and Venom.
posted by unliteral at 4:24 PM on October 11, 2012 [4 favorites]

I like how he flicked the syringe to dislodge the bubbles. As if he were about to inject it into his own vein or something.
posted by yath at 4:35 PM on October 11, 2012 [3 favorites]

Hope the camera guy got a huge bonus, because, FANGS DRIPPING VENOM IN YOUR FACE.
posted by Marie Mon Dieu at 4:37 PM on October 11, 2012

unliteral: "Blood, Gallbladder and Venom"

No way is that a real taste test! He didn't have saltines or something similar between each drink to fully cleanse his pallet. (brave guy!)
posted by InsertNiftyNameHere at 4:39 PM on October 11, 2012

Hope the camera guy got a huge bonus, because, FANGS DRIPPING VENOM IN YOUR FACE.

Nah, he's probably all "I applied to be the kind of badass that shoots film in a frikkin' warzone, and all I got was the nature channel" :)
posted by anonymisc at 4:40 PM on October 11, 2012

I had two pints of beer over dinner and I still can't hack this. WHY, METAFILTER, WHY?

Please, cute kittens, now. Oh please....
posted by Lipstick Thespian at 4:42 PM on October 11, 2012

I wonder what it would be like if you fried that blood patty up and ate it
posted by showbiz_liz at 4:56 PM on October 11, 2012 [3 favorites]

There is a non dubbed version of this on YouTube, though I can't seem to find it at the moment.
posted by ocherdraco at 4:56 PM on October 11, 2012

I wonder what it would be like if you fried that blood patty up and ate it

A vile and heinous monstrosity known as black sausage, basically.
posted by elizardbits at 5:10 PM on October 11, 2012 [1 favorite]

Jelly shots for vampires!
posted by anonymisc at 5:18 PM on October 11, 2012 [3 favorites]

cobra juicy!
posted by joeblough at 5:34 PM on October 11, 2012

I adore how he taps the syringe; wouldn't want any air bubbles getting into that cup of blood!
posted by smoke at 5:43 PM on October 11, 2012 [1 favorite]

I thought that maybe the blood would separate or turn black or something, or else the video would be, like microscope footage or cgi animations of exploding cells or something, but good fuck I was eating. Though it would hardly surprise me at this point if snake-venom-coagulated blood was a regional delicacy somewhere.
posted by wreckingball at 5:59 PM on October 11, 2012 [2 favorites]

ALWAYS CHECK THE TAGS.
posted by wreckingball at 6:00 PM on October 11, 2012

Aaarrrrgh! Black pudding!
posted by goshling at 6:32 PM on October 11, 2012

I've always taken a live-and-let-live attitude toward rattlesnakes out in the desert, but somehow this video makes me want to take a more live-FURTHERAWAY-and-let-live attitude.
posted by BlueHorse at 8:42 PM on October 11, 2012 [1 favorite]

IDK if this is TMI or whatever but I definitely threw up after seeing this
posted by These Birds of a Feather at 11:39 PM on October 11, 2012 [1 favorite]

*vomits*
posted by kinnakeet at 6:27 AM on October 12, 2012

Never going anywhere near a snake again.
posted by 13twelve at 6:48 AM on October 12, 2012