"It’s a stunning discovery that will send shockwaves through the international pet snake trade."

"We are talking about a couple thousand species here so to go through systematically (as we have started doing on a family level and now on a genus level) will of course take quite a bit of time"


How's this going to send shockwaves through the international pet trade?!!? It's a know fact that 99% of snakes kept as pets has never ever cause any type of envenomation to their owners. Mr. Fry nobody needs you to tell them that pythons, boas, kingsnakes, bull and gopher snakes, ratsnakes, hognose snakes, milksnakes,N. A. garter snakes, and N. A. water snakes are safe to keep as pets. WE ALREADY KNOWN THIS FOR AT LEAST 50 YEARS!!! Snakes like Psammophis are rarely imported into the U.S.and sold as pets to little kids, so stop making it sound like this is some type of epidemic.Envenomation by rear-fanged and other colubrids has already been well documented.
Envenomation by Rear-fanged and "Harmless" Snakes: Bibliography

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• Is BGF The new Clifford Warwick? - rayhoser, Sat Aug 23 19:16:41 2003
• RE: Is BGF The new Clifford Warwick? - Trust, Sat Aug 23 21:30:05 2003
• Who's Clifford Warwick? - paalexan, Sat Aug 23 22:35:46 2003
• RE: Who's Clifford Warwick? - WW, Sun Aug 24 02:09:06 2003
• Dollars and dollars - rayhoser, Sun Aug 24 19:16:55 2003
• RE: Dollars and dollars - BGF, Sun Aug 24 20:16:27 2003
• RE: Who's Clifford Warwick? - Phillip, Sun Aug 24 20:03:27 2003
• RE: Who's Clifford Warwick? - BGF, Sun Aug 24 20:14:56 2003
• True colours - BGF's own words - rayhoser, Sun Aug 24 22:15:02 2003
• RE: True colours - BGF's own words - BGF, Sun Aug 24 23:16:31 2003
• RE: True colours - BGF's own words - M5, Mon Aug 25 00:31:40 2003
• RE: True colours - BGF's own words - BGF, Mon Aug 25 07:16:13 2003
• RE: True colours - BGF's own words - M5, Mon Aug 25 08:06:36 2003
• RE: True colours - BGF's own words - WW, Mon Aug 25 09:08:51 2003
• RE: Who's Clifford Warwick? - WW, Mon Aug 25 00:56:01 2003
• A more reasonable interpretation - rayhoser, Mon Aug 25 03:36:55 2003
• RE: A more reasonable interpretation - BGF, Mon Aug 25 07:17:21 2003
• RE: A well known fact - Ferdelance_1, Mon Aug 25 16:45:46 2003
• RE: Who's Clifford Warwick? - paalexan, Mon Aug 25 16:44:11 2003
• RE: Is BGF The new Clifford Warwick? - Rick gordon, Mon Aug 25 12:22:38 2003
• RE: Is BGF The new Clifford Warwick? - rearfang, Tue Aug 26 19:06:44 2003