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True colours - BGF's own words

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Posted by: rayhoser at Sun Aug 24 22:15:02 2003   [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by rayhoser ]  
   

Taking a look at BGF's media release at:
http://www.sciencenow.org.au/fresh/fry.htm
is enough to send shockwaves through the herop community.
Fry says:My research now shows that the vast majority of the snakes commonly kept as pets are actually venomous."
and
"the discovery will cause shockwaves and a legislative storm in the United States and Europe."and
"However, this dark storm cloud over the pet trade actually has a silver lining – a new resource for biotechnology. The ratsnake venom is an excellent candidate for use as a laboratory tool or even as a scaffold for use in drug design and development."
Oh well, it seems that snake keepers are in strife, but BGF will be certain to get his next hand out from the gov't.


   

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