Comment on meal choice
usualsuspect191@lemmy.ca 4 hours agoWould you die or just get really sick? I thought rat poison only works because rats can’t vomit it out
Comment on meal choice
usualsuspect191@lemmy.ca 4 hours agoWould you die or just get really sick? I thought rat poison only works because rats can’t vomit it out
needanke@feddit.org 3 hours ago
I think (modern) rat poison works by mimicking vitamin K wich thus inhibiting digestion of actual vitamin K. This in turn will lead to internal bleeding and therefore the rats death. So if you eat enough of it or are small (like children) and decide not to seek a doctor to stop the symtoms it can defenetly kill you, albeit slowly and painfully.
You could however save money, since this kind of rat poison is not really biodegradable and sticks around in its victims and their predators. So just eating a dead rat would be chreaper and might have the same effect.