....is being too kind
The post is that of a nutcase & I'm amazed Al you'd believe any of it! Guarantee any fang that went thru the GI tract of a snake..has no venom left on it or in it when it leaves the exhaust port!
Now I wonder if the good professor might take a few moments to explain/ponder this...
It is my rudimentary understanding that their are opisthoglyphs that have rigid fangs & those whose glyphs can be erected via movable maxillary/(pre-maxillary?)bones. Is this firstly factual? & secondarily...does the presence or absence of this trait indicate evolutionary convergence to their modern rear fanged status or are all the opistho's directly related, & thus this retractable fang trait would be a derived character?
As always we appreciate your presence & insights here & elsewhere...

Cheers, John Gunn

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