💭 how do tranquilizer darts work? like the ones they use to pacify large animals. the cartoon representation makes it look like a little syringe shot out of a tube implement, but that won't work without modifications, would it
@whitequark✧✦Catherine✦✧ they actually inject the tranquilizer via the *side* of the needle, not the tip, there's a rubber or plastic ring plugging it that gets pulled down when the dart stabs into the tissue and the fluid is stored under pressure so it flows as soon as the hole is opened
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