i can't speak for venamous, but i can speak for burmese pythons. A normal bite from a baby feels like a hundred tiny pin pricks all at once. A normal sub-adult bite feels like a punch and a bunch of sharpened forkes being jamed into you arm or hand etc. A hold (that's what i call it when a constrictor actually does more than bite, he tries to fit a part of you down his throat) starts as a punch with sharpened forkes, then the forks start to rake your hand down, and you can feel your snake's teeth slowly come undone in one part only to be rotated slightly so he can jam his teeth in higher up, the it happens on the other side, the the bottom. so you cant pull away without ripping them all out, and every sound and movement make him dig his teeth in even further, just when you thought he couldnt go any further. and the whole time you can feel his soft well cared for mouth tasting your blood.

Treat every snake with the utmost respect, a bite sucks! and if you do get bit be very careful not to jerk back (as is the natural response) you could rip some of their teeth out. NEVER kill a snake that wont let go, because besides the obvious, it also will hurt you more because it will cause rigor mortis which gives them a death grip on you which is very intense and painful and difficult to get off. the best way to get rid of a hold is to very carefully fill up a tub or something large enough to fit your (body part) and the snakes' head and keep both underwater until the snake lets go, at first the snake will freak out and bite harder, but really this is the safest for both of you.

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