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H_nasicus
at Tue Nov 24 21:07:04 2009 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by H_nasicus ]
True they are venomous, however, their venom is designed to affect only toads and frogs and does very VERY little to humans and other mammals. While the venom may paralize a toad, it would most likely only cause minor swelling in a mammal.
And being rear-fanged, they'd have to practically swallow your finger to do any harm. At that point, there are other things more worth worrying about.
Plus they tend to be very loathe to bite, preferring to flare like a cobra, or curl up like a rattlesnake. Even if pestered after that, while they may strike, they rarely actually bite, and will usually end up playing dead before anyone gets injured.
Of course, there's always an exception, but I don't believe they have any more potential to be dangerous than any other colubrid. Seeing as -most- colubrids are indeed venomous (depending on how you define venom).
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