>>I guess it's time to start handling with tongs and hooks. Just kidding. I do think it is nice to see the increased interest in colubrid venoms. This is an interesting and rather unstudied branch of herpetology. I just hope that law makers and lay people don't misunderstand the risks associated with these findings.

This is another factor that I worry about. The "lay people" could completely misunderstand this and only "hear" the rat vemon is as toxic as a corba`s vemon and "Cry see we need to stop keeping these things as pets," etc.. Believe me a lot more has been done over a lot less infromation than this.
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Like I said; I`m Gonna Getcha Good!

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• Interesting Scientific Study - dawnrenee2000, Tue Oct 3 08:26:45 2006
• RE: Interesting Scientific Study - johninbs, Tue Oct 3 11:49:10 2006
• RE: Interesting Scientific Study - dawnrenee2000, Tue Oct 3 11:57:43 2006
• RE: Interesting Scientific Study - wink0083, Tue Oct 3 14:43:50 2006
• RE: Interesting Scientific Study - dawnrenee2000, Tue Oct 3 16:29:42 2006
• RE: Interesting Scientific Study - phwyvern, Tue Oct 3 18:41:57 2006
• RE: Interesting Scientific Study - Rivets55, Tue Oct 3 19:06:50 2006
• RE: Interesting Scientific Study - phwyvern, Tue Oct 3 18:46:32 2006
• Been there, done that... - garweft, Wed Oct 4 17:50:05 2006
• RE: Interesting Scientific Study - juicyb, Tue Oct 3 21:34:26 2006
• RE: Interesting Scientific Study - Foreman, Wed Oct 4 07:46:56 2006
• RE: Interesting Scientific Study - Foreman, Wed Oct 4 07:53:53 2006
• RE: Interesting Scientific Study - ratsnakehaven, Wed Oct 4 12:17:34 2006
• Venom Glands - Rivets55, Wed Oct 4 13:34:00 2006
• I wouldn't worry about butchered snakes - garweft, Wed Oct 4 17:44:42 2006
• RE: Interesting Scientific Study - phiber_optikx, Thu Oct 5 12:52:25 2006
• Who knew....Were HOT keepers...LOL - garweft, Wed Oct 4 17:34:50 2006
• RE: Who knew....Were HOT keepers...LOL - Foreman, Thu Oct 5 06:49:52 2006
• Well... maybe. - odyssey, Thu Oct 5 10:07:19 2006