You are correct Sir! There are no "poisonous" snakes. That would imply that you would be poisoned by touching or eating one of these snakes. Not real accurate, but a commonly used term. I doubt the real scientific community would use it (I wouldn’t know). When I lived in the western Piedmont area of North Carolina, no one ever even heard the term "venomous", everything was "poisonous". I think everyone knows what you mean when you say a poisonous snake. It is meant to imply danger amongst the lay-folk, I guess, and has caught on. My point was to take a moment to reflect on the passing of someone who was bitten by a snake that we tend to dismiss as being barely dangerous. A potentially fatal mistake because we are so jaded by keeping "hots". Again, a cutesy term that tends to dismiss all “venomous” snakes from the harsh reality expressed by that mans death.

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