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- From: flindholm@mta.ca
- Subject: Re: A Vampire's teeth
- Message-ID: <1992Nov18.183347.8227@jupiter.sun.csd.unb.ca>
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- Organization: Mount Allison U, Sackville, N.B. Canada
- References: <9211172349.AA00247@magnusug.magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>
- Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 18:33:47 GMT
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- In article <9211172349.AA00247@magnusug.magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>, Andrew S Boggs <aboggs@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> writes:
- >A friend and I were wondering what is the nature of a vampire's fangs. Do they
- >work like a snake's fangs, but in reverse(instead of injecting venom, do they
- >withdraw blood), or are the fangs just for puncturing, and the blood is just
- >swallowed like any other liquid? Any suggestions are welcome.
- > Thanks in advance.
- >
- >------> Never share a foxhole with anyone braver than yourself. <------
-
- I don't think the snake fang style would be very likely, it would require
- a large amount of restructuring of the persons head. One of the more agreed
- about points of vampire lore is that they stay pretty much the same as they
- were when they were killed. I'd say that either they have retractable fangs
- or that they're nornal canines get sharper and are just used for slashing the
- victims viens.
-
- Cyrus
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