That should have been needless to say. I also forgot to add many people get fatally bitten while sticking a tube down the snakes mouth. This is a practice that goes back farther probably than modern science, and it is done mostly by people who have no education and strong religous convictions (enough to risk their lives over)
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Jason L. Dobry
Research Associate
College of Veterinary Medicine
Department of Veterinary Comparative Anatomy, Pharmacology and Physiology
Washington State University