Hey lets kill the peyote cactus!

Correct me if I'm wrong Ellis but isn't it possible to extract the toads venom without harming it by simply massaging its glands? I cant imagine anyone actually doing the kill, skin, bake one.... Sad how I actually heard someone talking about it last month...

 

put the toad in a jar and shake it, scrape the stuff off the sides of the jar, no harm will befall the toad cept for the fear of being shook up

 

That and bashing the toads body on the sides of glass... Thats not even needed. The venom glands are located in its legs I believe and if you just put on a latex glove and massage it onto glass it produces the same effect... Not sure on that so dont quote me

 

Fresh venom can easily be collected without harm to the toad. Use a flat glass plate or any other smooth non-porous surface at least twelve inches square. Hold the toad in front of the plate, which is fixed in a vertical position. In this manner, the venom can be collected on the glass plate, free of dirt and liquid released when the toad is handled.

When you are ready to begin, hold the toad firmly with one hand and, with thumb and forefinger of your other hand, squeeze near the base of the gland until the venom squirts out of the pores and onto the glass plate. Use this method to systematically collect the venom from each of the toad's granular glands: those on the forearm, those on the tibia and femur of the hind leg and, of course, the parotoids on the neck. Each gland can be squeezed a second time for an additional yield of venom if you allow the toad a one hour rest period. After this, the glands are empty and require four to six weeks for regeneration.

 

That really is a shame, I'm content with my organic mushrooms, but I wouldnt touch Peyote just for the fact that its endangered and nearly extinct. We should really bring some Peyote awareness on Dead Tour and at the festivals. From what I understand theres another non-endangered source of mescaline, but I'm not 100% sure about all of that.