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LarryF
at Thu Nov 2 01:15:56 2006 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by LarryF ]
I generally try to avoid being bitten, even by the small stuff, mostly by getting the snake's attention first. But over the years I've also learned to suppress the urge to jerk my hand back because:
A) If you're too slow, you can cause more damage to yourself and to the snake.
B) With larger snakes, if you're too slow, you just stimulate them to hold on and constrict. I've been bitten a couple of times by pythons in the 8 foot range where I didn't move the bitten hand at all, and they just held on for a second and let go. (Doesn't always work).
C) They learn that they can make you go away by biting you.
On the other hand, the last few years I've gotten into keeping venomous and I worry this conditioning will come back to bite me (so to speak). Oops...
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