Thank you. The anecdote about feeding frozen/thawed for 8 years with no loss of killing power is telling. I do have to respectfully disagree that the delivery of venom does not involve muscles/tissues.
Also, I was wondering about the biological activity of venom that sits in a gland unused. Is it reabsorbed and recycled? Or perhaps it is used on prekilled prey.
Answering these questions scientifically would involve doing LD50's on two population of snakes (maybe the only useful purpose of LD50's). The answer is impractical though except for understanding the affect of captivity on snakes.

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