You said "A VERY large Burmese I will agree could possibly create a bite of neccessary trauma to need a Dr. to check it out and stop the bleeding."

The rest of your post had absolutely nothing to do with the point I was trying to make. I never said that the infection afterwards would be any better or worse than a gaboons bite. The original poster was not concerned with infection, only with potential physical trauma to his "tattooing hand". I'm not quite sure what point, or points of mine you are trying to disprove. However, I thank you for backing me up on the ONLY point I was trying to make. I'll restate it yet again. *A 16ft (that means large) Burmese Python is capable of causing severe trauma in the form of a bite wound to a persons hand.* Any questions?