In emergency clinical practice, medical intuition often follows a simple rule: if something is missing, replace it. When treating a patient bitten by a Bothrops  species (mapanare, terciopelo, rabofrito, equis) who presents with profuse bleeding and low fibrinogen levels, the clinical instinct frequently leads to ordering fresh frozen plasma (FFP) or cryoprecipitate immediately. However, in the acute phase of envenomation, this linear logic is not only incorrect—it is a serio