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RE: Got Ptyas?

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Posted by: BGF at Sun Oct 17 22:17:46 2004   [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by BGF ]  
   

>>Good luck with those. As I posted in Ratsnake I have one (was offered another). Seem to need privacy (a low hide box) to get them feeding.
>>

Which species do you have?

>>As to three finger toxins...I have allready been nipped by them and Ptyas m. as well. No effect. This is another snake that the venomous warnings (I feel) are way too exagerated.
>>

I don't think he was putting a venomous warning on it, merely commenting about the research. There is only very small quantaties of venom produced, that like most other colubrine venoms, it is rich in 3FTx, very potent. The potential medical implications are absolutely trivial, enough to contribute to prey capture but thats it. Absolutely nothing to be concerned about. The very large, strong-jaws with big teeth however are nothing to take lightly!

Cheers
Bryan
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Dr. Bryan Grieg Fry
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Australian Venom Research Unit,
University of Melbourne
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Population and Evolutionary Genetics Unit,
Museum Victoria
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http://www.venomdoc.com


   

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