How is it possible for animals to produce things like venoms and poisons without being harmed?
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We have stomach acid that has a pH of 2.0 or less. So why doesn’t it harm us by essentially “digesting” us? Mucus covers the stomach wall with a protective coating. We also have bicarbonate which neutralizes it and makes sure that the stomach wall itself is not damaged by the hydrochloric acid.
It’s in a part of our body with measures to make sure it stays in that part of the body and doesn’t harm anything else. Same principle applies to venom in animals.
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