Posted by:
phobos
at Thu Jul 6 19:40:52 2006 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by phobos ]
Hi:
The short answer is there is no definative answer. Those are average yields that vary from snake to snake depending on many factors, not just limited to the size of the animal. Health, age, sex of the animal also play a part. Each snake can also have different amounts of solids in their venom altering the dried weight. There are so many huge snakes that yield large quantities of venom, King Cobra, Gaboon, and EDB's and many others. This is why they call it an "Average Yield". The bottom line is their venom glands hold multiple human LD's at any given time. It's best not to get bitten by any of them.
Al
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