Anthropic-associated scorpion antivenom research requires milking thousands of scorpions
JasonBotterill · x · 2026-10-21
A tongue-in-cheek tweet highlights how traditional scorpion antivenom is made: venom is milked from thousands of scorpions to immunize horses, whose antibodies are then purified from blood — a months-long process. Conventional antivenoms only work against a small number of neurotoxins and remain expensive or in short supply in many regions. The joke references Anthropic's association with antivenom research.
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