I’m with Carmichael in that you sound like you are looking for a “safer” venomous. I agree that’s not a good idea but here is my take. (I am assuming you are old enough) Why not consider a copperhead? Check out the classifieds right now Mark Lucas has southern copperheads for $35.00. Look at the picture, that is a highly underrated snake for beauty in my opinion. You could hardly start out with a better snake to maintain for getting into keeping a venomous. Forget about finding one less venomous to work with. When you really factor in all the advantages I can’t see how you beat a good ol’ “Highland Mocassin”, I still think they are pretty cool. By the way, I tried following up on the guy who was bitten on the ankle and died, still no results but they are now wondering if it was a heart attack brought on by the anxiety of the bite and not the envenomation. Results should be known soon....I apologize for not answering your question directly.

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