Huh!  How about that?!  It turns out that the injection system is
ased upon valve action, not venom sack pumping -- there are no
uscles around the sack.
Is this new?  I was told 30 years ago that the sting does not act like a hypodermic syringe but that the venom flows along the grooves by capillary action.
Chris


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