# An Evolutionary Mistake

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-evolutionary-mistake/124585>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [August 19, 2002, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-evolutionary-mistake/124585 "2002-08-19T13:33:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![Meatros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Meatros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meatros)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2002, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-evolutionary-mistake/124585/21 "2002-08-19T22:14:48Z")

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Why that no good BAST#R%! My Bio teacher liked to spew a variety of theories in class that weren’t in the book…I wonder how much of my education was compromised because of this…

Incidently this was a college Bio class-So this pisses me off a little more than it would if it were highschool (where I would NOT have had to pay for it).

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**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2002, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-evolutionary-mistake/124585/22 "2002-08-19T22:37:33Z")

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Another issue: Many venomous snakes will bite their prey, inject poison, and then just wait. The animal may take a while to die, and may be able to get some distance away, but the snake can easily track the scent of its own venom, and eventually catches up.

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