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How much venom can a shed fang hold?

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Posted by: phobos at Wed Mar 29 16:48:06 2006   [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by phobos ]  
   

To continue a thread that claimed a shed Puff Adder fang could contain enough venom for a serious envenomation.

I took a shed Puff Adder fang from a specimen that was 15 to 20 inches long. See image below. This ~1mm fang could only hold ~ 9ul of water at 20 Deg C. Clearly not enough venom to require 8 vials of SAVP Polyvalent to counter-act.

As Prof. Wuster noted it could be dangerous if you get stuck with a shed fang from a hyper-toxic snake but not from a Puff Adder in this case. I think the main danger is allergic reaction to the the venom left in a shed fang.

Cheers,
Al



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