"What forces at play would cause such a thing? Everything mentioned thus far has been reasoned to be negligible, and if Jim mentioning venom composition data from his captive animals isn't "scientific" enough, I don't know what is."

I can help with this. The scientific method is not about reasoning through a concept but the use of controlled experiments. Results are often published in peer reviewed scientific journals.

I don't even know how "forces" are used to describe biological phenomenon.

Now that I have been turned into a nit-picking idiot, I apologize. I am sensitive to having my scientific acumen challenged. Let's let this die and return to the purpose at hand. I will defer 100 percent to your practical knowledge of keeping snakes. What I have learned is to view this as more art than science.

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