Bucandin

Bucandin is a novel, presynaptic neurotoxin that comes from the venom of the Malayan Krait snake, which is also known as its species name, Bungarus candidus. It is unique in many ways, but most importantly in how it operates within the human body when it enters after the initial snake bite. When a Malayan Krait bites, its venom enters the bloodstream of the victim. After entering the bloodstream of a victim, the venom of the snake coagulates the blood of the victim and then the neurotoxins take effect. In a study conducted in Thailand, the “median duration from the bite to the onset of neurological manifestations was 3 hours” (Sriapha, C., et all). This tells us that when bitten by a Malayan krait, you do not have much time until the Bucandin protein begins to take its toll on the human body, and more importantly, until all of your muscles seize up and you die.

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