The Little Cobra That Could: A Drama

do your research. corals are rear fanged.. don`t say things you don`t know..

Originally Posted by bfreewally1

I`ve never heard of anyone dying from garter bite. Poisonous and venomous is the same thing.. Do you think a rattlesnake is less poisonous than a garter in the U.S?

Now I think it's you that needs to do your research.... Look up the terms then look up the snakes...

Originally Posted by bfreewally1

I`ve never heard of anyone dying from garter bite. Poisonous and venomous is the same thing.. Do you think a rattlesnake is less poisonous than a garter in the U.S?

Poison you have to ingest, venom is injected. So as far as I'm concerned neither garter or rattlesnakes are poisonous. yes no ones ever died from a garter bite but in theory if one was highly allergic to a garter's venom they could die just like a bee sting can kill someone whos allergic to bees. Also read this page. It talks about how hog and garters are infact venomous.
http://www.anapsid.org/duvernoygland.html

Originally Posted by bfreewally1

do your research. corals are rear fanged.. don`t say things you don`t know..

Again, do your research Corals as far as I know are Proteroglyphous

.. I hope you recovered from you bite. I have been bitten countless times from more snakes than you can imagine. from banded watersnakes which hurt very bad and look like cottonmouths, and pygmy rattlesnakes which made my hand swell. Mean western prairie snakes to boas and pythons.Not to mention the wild corns and yellow rats that are so prevelent in my area.

Garters ARE in fact poisonous, due to the food they eat in the wild....
Like poison dart frogs are poisonous in the wils and harmless in the viv....
Research is a wonderful thing isn't it :0

I'm not going to eat a garter snake just to test that out...

Originally Posted by snakewispera snr

Garters ARE in fact poisonous, due to the food they eat in the wild....
Like poison dart frogs are poisonous in the wils and harmless in the viv....
Research is a wonderful thing isn't it :0

Oh wow, never thought about that but it makes sense. One of the few animals where you can say its poisonous or venomous and still be right lol!

Originally Posted by Nanci

I'm not going to eat a garter snake just to test that out...

It has to be a wild one, Nanci....
As far as I know only two snakes have been proved to be poisonous, you have one and Japan has the other....
You also have an extremely poisonous newt for that very same reason.....

I did and I apoligise for the coral snake. Yes the have fron fangs but very small and need to chew to get the venom in.. I have caught a few. They are slow and don`t bite unless you step on them or provoke them