Can a snake bite really eat your skin down to the muscle?

I know the venom from most venomous snakes can kill, but can your flesh be eaten away to the muscle by the venom?Can a snake bite really eat your skin down to the muscle?
Hadn't heard that, but there is a scorpion in Iraq that can.





One of our soldiers went to sleep in his cot.





He awoke covered in blood.





His arm had been eaten in a section the size of dollar bill.





Those critters inject an anesthetic then eat their fill.Can a snake bite really eat your skin down to the muscle?
Usually, the type of venom that rots flesh is reserved for the arachnid family of insects. Spider bites or scorpion stings usually have that characteristic where the center of the bite will rot and turn black. It is because they do not chew their food so it must be liquefied prior to ingestion. The spider bites it's prey enough to stun it until it has trapped it in a case made of web silk where it is stored alive. When the spider is ready to eat, it will bite it again with much more venom that will begin to dissolve the trapped insect from the inside out. Once the innards are liquid the spider can then suck the nourishment from the carcass.
The venom of Vipers does indeed cause tissue necrosis, though because it's injected below the skin the venom starts 'digesting' muscle rather than causing skin to die.


By the time a victim exhibits skin necrosis, they've got much bigger problems.
it will change colors to like red and black cuz the poison is killing the cells
yep yep yep. its a bummer but it can happen.