If I’m reading this correctly, this is a fictional question on whether you could store werewolf spit into a dart and use it in a gun to turn people into werewolves. Autocorrect I assume
Thanks for explaining, I didn't get that from reading it. My original question and this reply were both absolutely serious and not sarcastic in nature at all.
So this is tricky. In most of the werewolf bite stories it's considered a curse as opposed to a biological infection. Something about the bite itself is what causes it. Now this would lead to two options to weaponize. You could take the teeth out of werewolf and build a mechanical jaw to chomp people. Second, you could take the teeth and turn them into bullets. This would actually be economical as werewolves get new teeth every transformation and you also get a new wolf with every shot.
That said, there's no reason you can't play it to be in the saliva, you're idea sounds a lot less likely to create a bunch of traumatized, werewolves that hate you.
Teeth would definitely hurt more. Another question, how slowly would a wolf teeth bullet need to be fired to not kill someone? (I remember reading something about how bullets, even those of “non-lethal” materials like rubber, can still be lethal)
Most media does show them to heal unnaturally quick, and often the transformation resets any damage done. So if you pull out the wolf's teeth, next moon it turns and has new teeth.
If you kept it sub sonic and aimed for bonier areas they'd probably be pretty survivable. The teeth don't have a lot of weight and they won't be harder than the bone it hits. Then if they survive the lycanthropy gives better healing so that's going to add to the survivability.
If werewolves did in fact exist and they had the ability to turn other people into werewolves through their saliva, using their spit in a gun would probably turn them into werewolves. It would be kind of like using snake venom in poison darts. I am unsure why one would want to turn someone into a werewolf though, that seems like a terrible idea for the target, the shooter, and the rest of the world.
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Know_not_Scotty_does@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 302d
Werewolf or "where woof"? Those would very different guns...
shyguyblue@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 302d
"There Wolf!" bang
YetAnotherNerd@sopuli.xyz · 6 pts · 302d
Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe · 3 pts · 300d
Haha, tell me you bought this!
Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe · 5 pts · 302d
There castle!
shyguyblue@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 302d
Frau Blücher
Horse whinnying
sbeak@sopuli.xyz · 2 pts · 302d
If I’m reading this correctly, this is a fictional question on whether you could store werewolf spit into a dart and use it in a gun to turn people into werewolves. Autocorrect I assume
Know_not_Scotty_does@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 302d
Thanks for explaining, I didn't get that from reading it. My original question and this reply were both absolutely serious and not sarcastic in nature at all.
Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 302d
Where woof?
This can't be for real.
sbeak@sopuli.xyz · -1 pts · 302d
Autocorrect can be a thing…
Postmortal_Pop@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 302d
So this is tricky. In most of the werewolf bite stories it's considered a curse as opposed to a biological infection. Something about the bite itself is what causes it. Now this would lead to two options to weaponize. You could take the teeth out of werewolf and build a mechanical jaw to chomp people. Second, you could take the teeth and turn them into bullets. This would actually be economical as werewolves get new teeth every transformation and you also get a new wolf with every shot.
That said, there's no reason you can't play it to be in the saliva, you're idea sounds a lot less likely to create a bunch of traumatized, werewolves that hate you.
sbeak@sopuli.xyz · 2 pts · 302d
Teeth would definitely hurt more. Another question, how slowly would a wolf teeth bullet need to be fired to not kill someone? (I remember reading something about how bullets, even those of “non-lethal” materials like rubber, can still be lethal)
sbeak@sopuli.xyz · 2 pts · 302d
Actually, do werewolves have regenerative abilities like Wolverine? Is that why Wolverine is called that, after wolves????
asdf1234idfk@reddthat.com · 3 pts · 302d
A wolverine is it's own animal. They're small but tough little bastards
Postmortal_Pop@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 302d
Which is why wolverine is named after them. Canonically he's5 '8" and a tough bastard.
Postmortal_Pop@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 302d
Most media does show them to heal unnaturally quick, and often the transformation resets any damage done. So if you pull out the wolf's teeth, next moon it turns and has new teeth.
Postmortal_Pop@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 302d
If you kept it sub sonic and aimed for bonier areas they'd probably be pretty survivable. The teeth don't have a lot of weight and they won't be harder than the bone it hits. Then if they survive the lycanthropy gives better healing so that's going to add to the survivability.
resipsaloquitur@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 302d
sbeak@sopuli.xyz · 4 pts · 302d
If werewolves did in fact exist and they had the ability to turn other people into werewolves through their saliva, using their spit in a gun would probably turn them into werewolves. It would be kind of like using snake venom in poison darts. I am unsure why one would want to turn someone into a werewolf though, that seems like a terrible idea for the target, the shooter, and the rest of the world.