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Originally Posted by Sunrunners_Fire
A species-wide immunity to the Mnemi's rather nasty toxins are necessary for them to survive being animals first before becoming sapient (and for them to continue surviving being sapient).
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I don't think that's true. There are lots of animals that are toxic to their own species without immunity, all the way down to honeybees. They deal with this by having limitations on the sting or bite response to conspecifics. If they have parental behavior, the infants may lack the means of biting, may not produce the toxin, or may produce only a low dose.
Or you could say that being bitten with low doses is a standard experience, and that young who miss out on it grow up tragically not immune.
If spitting in the drink causes the effects, by the way, I think it's a digestive agent as well as a blood agent. You might want to check how the two are worded.
Bill Stoddard