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Nuvenor t1_ivo62rv wrote

Reply to comment by Envenger in How does extracting venom from animals help us create antidotes? by asafen

trial and error. Guess how we figured out chocolate kills dogs. Or which mushrooms are edible.

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Brandon432 t1_ivosgiy wrote

Debunking a common myth, it takes an awful lot of chocolate to kill a dog. My retrievers on several occasions crushed multiple king size Hershey bars, with no ill effect, other than a really messy yard for a couple days. Their bodies are as good as ours at expelling disagreeable materials.

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googlecansuckithard t1_ivrxrih wrote

Not necessarily: it depends upon the breed. A relatively small chunk of dark chocolate (a square of a hersheys bar) will cause siezures in small breeds, and I can unfortunately testify to first hand experience to this. Chiuauas are particularly vulnerable.

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