Which is just about the point, more or less, the responsible collectors arn't the ones making the news when they get bit, at least not vary often. I would wager that if we looked carefully at all of the bites inflicted by captive snakes (at least since "The Crocodile Hunter" made it's debut) we would quickly find that a large majority of them were sufferred by what might be termed "pseudo collectors" That is either the guy with the snake in a blanket box in his bedroom mentioned earlier and frequently seen on "Venom ER" or else one of the folks who feel called to be "more at home with cobras" (if you remember "the Keeper and the Kept" Perhaps cause the really serious collectors are a lot thinner on the ground but I imagine its more likely that their mistake quotient is also a lot lower.



I have nothing against private hot keepers as I am one myself but I am sick and tired of seeing stories about idiots getting bitten and than being portrayed as representative of the cream of the crop.



Perhaps someone who is more current than me on current snakebite trends might comment?



be safe

Peter
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Peter and Sara

Beouf River Reptiles

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