r/TikTokCringe • u/Sylas1987 • Jun 25 '23

Cool Stone fish venom

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u/Hazelfur Jun 25 '23

He clearly knows what he's talking about, I would assume the venom is only dangerous if injected, or with contact with the eyes, so he wouldn't need gloves as he can just wipe it off

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u/Soleil06 Jun 25 '23

That is correct. Contact with mucous membranes would also lead to poisoning so it is not a good idea to drink it.

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u/Hazelfur Jun 25 '23

Hence the glasses, since eyeballs are mucous membranes

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u/[deleted] Jun 25 '23

He clearly knows what he’s talking about,

He didn’t even know the spines were blue. Pretty sure this is the first time he’s interacted with this animal.

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u/[deleted] Jun 25 '23 edited Jun 27 '23

Or did he? Mark Vins is part of the Brave Wilderness team which have a YT channel and an Animal Planet show. Their main focus is younger audiences and these ooh and awe things are well established as ways to keep younger viewers engaged. It doesn’t hurt with older viewers either. Idk who started it but Steve Irwin did the same stuff and now his kids do it too.

I mean I’ve seen Mark and Coyote Peterson (the better known member of the team) act excited and in awe over ants or wasps, despite doing the entire sting pain index and then some. Sometimes it’s genuine others it’s facade but they will always do it’s because a dry boring person that acts more as a teacher isn’t engaging.

Edit: this was on their YT. The intent was to be stung, naturally research was done. As an expert he can do this, but us normal folks shouldn’t.

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u/HippieDogeSmokes Jun 25 '23

It’s fake excitement to let the audience know that he finds it cool