As a person who has worked with gilas for decades, and been around others who have been bitten by both gilas and beadeds. That discription was very accurate. It was about what happened in each case. Pain swelling, not systemic. The pain as in real pain. hahahahahahahahaha(I have been fortunate to not have experienced this particular event)



I would think most all reptiles have chemical qualities that adversely effect human biology, to some extent. The recent publication of crotimines in colubrid saliva and in varanid saliva, is an indication that the line between what we call venomous and non-venomous is not very clear.



The line is also clouded by possibilities. Most people do not experience deleterious effects from varanid saliva or colubrid saliva. But a few do. Some(a very few) experience symtoms very similar to what you just published.



I once attended a talk by Dr. Finly Russel(venomolgist) He show cases of extreme envemonation from gartersnakes, gophersnakes etc. Symtoms very similar to rattlesnake envemonation(something I do have experience with) Cheers

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