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LarryF
at Sat Feb 16 15:05:49 2008 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by LarryF ]
I heard (and seen) that with taipans, but at least taipans and brown snakes are (mostly) fixed fanged. If you're holding them behind the head they should not be able to reach you (I still wouldn't recommend it).
The real problem is with vipers. Some can get the fang throught the jaw (gaboons) or out the side of the mouth and hook it back far enough to get your finger. Most vipers can't reach if your grip is correct, but it doesn't take much of mistake to get in range.
I've even had a monocled cobra flex it's entire skull to get a fang out the side of it's mouth, bend around and get a lot closer than I would have liked.
The moral of course is "don't grap a snake by the head unless you really know what you're doing AND have a good reason"...
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RE: not just gaboons... - LarryF, Sat Feb 16 15:05:49 2008