Originally Posted by GatorB

Yep. Probally in the panic he felt it was better not o have soemthing with poisin on it in his chest. Of course the barb being basically a serated knife probally shredded his heart as he pulled it. He probally still would have died , but he'd had a better chance if he had left it in. Ironic that if that barb had hit almost anywhere else on his body( except maybe his head ) he'd more than likely would have survived.