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...and secure a saw blade along the wire 'hammer' and another along the platform so they match up when closed.

Set the trap.

Now stick your thumb in the trap.

I would guess that would be a close approximation of the relatively small 3' blackthroat that just chomped my thumb.

It would have been a lot funnier if it wasnt my thumb, but pretty darn funny nonetheless.

I give her two thumbs up, one slightly worse for wear.

Note to self, even if the tongs arent readily available, hand feeding mice to Grumpy the blackthroat is probably not a good idea.

Best part is I know she shot right past that mouse on purpose hahhahha. I dont call her Grumpy for nothing...she's broken skin with her tail whip before.

great lizard...she's everything I hoped for with a bt.

Tom

Come on dude, pics.

haha no man hardly anything to show, more fast intense pressure and me screaming like a girl with my buddy about falling down laughing. I wish I had a vid of it, I must have looked like quite the moron.

Feels like I hit my thumb with a hammer is all.

Tom

Oh, well chalk one up for grumpy.

A few examples over the years..
One, right ear almost torn in half with protruding cartilage, BT bite, cause someone drunk walking backwards and smacking the poor lizard in the head and almost falling on me, resulting in a single quick bite.
Two, left hand, 2 fingers and thumb smashed with tooth holes from finger tip through finger nails, to first knuckle and beyond on another, another BT.
Three, thumb tip smashed, tooth hole piercing from both top and bottom, teeth cross over around the bone, with tooth hole across thumbnail, 1 month with the thumb glued together. Flaviargus.
Ive had several finger smashers, and hand clamp-ons, some that had to be carefully pryed loose, some that hung on and released almost an hour later, they have patience.
I can gladly say that I havent gotten bit in a long time, over a year or two.
I dont count the bosc bites they typically made me jump, or the smaller nile bites, timor, ackie (one), etc because these seemed to heal overnight, or within no time at all, as well didnt hurt like these others in particular.