A Venomous Conversation with Dr. Spencer Greene - A Toxic Tooth & Claw Interview

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True Crime, Science, Comedy, Nature

4.9 • 5.1K Ratings

🗓️ 5 May 2025

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Wes and Mike are joined by a leading member of the toxicology community; one Dr. Spencer Greene. Jeff hops in on the back end of the episode to help round things out with some fun venom-related categories. Watch here: https://youtu.be/aAJ1m_DkLpo ~~ To advertise on the show, contact us! ~~ Tooth & Claw is brought to you by QCODE. Support the show and get access to an extensive library of exclusive episodes like this by supporting the show on Patreon or joining the Grizzly Club on Apple Podcasts. For the latest updates on the show and all things wildlife, follow us at toothandclawpod.com and social: Instagram: @ToothandClawPodcast Twitter: @ToothandClawPod Wes: @GrizKid Jeff: @jefe_larson Mike: @mikey3ds Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	All right, everyone, welcome back to Tooth and Claw podcast.
0:16.0	Jeff is actually on a little trip right now.
0:18.0	So this is going to be a Wes and Mike episode. Dad's gone.
0:22.2	But we have a special episode. Last week we talked about Sinanon, the cult that actually used a
0:27.2	rattlesnake as a weapon to attack someone that, I guess a detractor or someone that was fighting
0:32.1	them. And they used a Southern Pacific rattlesnake, which we talked about in at length last
0:37.3	week.
0:38.1	And as I was researching that episode, I realized there's a lot that I don't know about
0:43.4	venom.
0:44.2	Venom is very complicated, and we've given some basics on it, but I wanted to learn more.
0:49.7	So we reached out to Dr. Spencer Green.
0:52.7	He is Director of Toxicology at HCA Houston Healthcare Kingwood and has a lot of experience in Venom.
1:01.5	So Spence, Dr. Spencer Green, we welcome you to Tooth and Claw.
1:06.0	Thanks.
1:06.5	Very happy to be here.
1:07.7	Yeah.
1:08.0	And it sounds like you've done a lot of different shows, a lot of different podcasts and
1:12.8	interviews and whatnot.
1:14.2	So this is not your first rodeo when it comes to talking about Venom.
1:18.2	My first today, but yes.
1:19.9	Yeah.
1:20.9	Okay.
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