Monday, February 9, 2015

Pain In The Neck Pt.1: Vampire Fangs, How Do They Work?

MorbidlyDeceased
     Like I mentioned in a previous post, I was thinking about expanding the blog, so here's the first post of many about a different topic, vampires. And no, not these kind!

Instead it will be a little more classical and a little more like this...

Notice who the guy on the left is? Yeah, so Daryl's a vampire? Those of you who watch or watched The Walking Dead and saw Blade II know what i'm talking about.
     Anyways, There was something that I've been thinking about with vampires, how do their fangs work? Well, I really didn't think about it too much until a realized how much pressure was in your blood stream. The thing about vampires is that when they bite someone in the neck, they seem to have a very easy to extracting a lot of liquid in little time, with little mess. Now, in vampire series like The Strain, the vampires have a six-foot stinger that attaches to someone's throat and sucks out their blood, and if you've seen the show as well, its fairly feasible.
 
   Just maybe not in that picture, their typically a lot longer. But the reason I find basic vampire fangs unrealistic is that they cause two canine tooth size holes in the jugular and there never seems to be enough blood that they choke on the amount of blood rushing out, meaning that there has to be something else aiding them. And while it could be anything, there is something that makes more sense than the rest. Vampire have fangs, and in certain series, these fangs also inject their victims with a sedative that calms down the victim, this could in turn slow down the heart rate and make the blood a little more controllable. This could be what prevents each vampire bite from becoming a bloody mess. Or you could go with an approach of the vampires enhanced strength and speed causes it to be able to drink faster than a normal human. Or maybe there's some kind of sucker hidden behind their that steadies the flow of blood, either way...
   That's All For Now...
   ノBassノ ︵ ( \o°o)\

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