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Re: Uninvited Pool Guest - 5' snake!
Hey Aaron,
That isn't correct. Their mouths aren't dirty like that. You may be thinking of the Kamodo Dragon. Cottonmouths can "Dry Bite" (that is biting without injecting venom, as in a fear display). Their venom is Hemotoxinous. What that means is that the venom destroys every red blood cell it contacts (just like a rattler), and kills skin (necrotic). It is not as toxic as the rattlesnake, but can kill.
Best-Mike
Ascholten said:Thing about those ones though, it's not the venom that will do you in, it's the filth in their mouth and the resulting infection you will get from the bite that is resistant to most antibiotics that will come close to killing you. Someone needs to round them up and wash their mouths out with soap!
Aaron
Hey Aaron,
That isn't correct. Their mouths aren't dirty like that. You may be thinking of the Kamodo Dragon. Cottonmouths can "Dry Bite" (that is biting without injecting venom, as in a fear display). Their venom is Hemotoxinous. What that means is that the venom destroys every red blood cell it contacts (just like a rattler), and kills skin (necrotic). It is not as toxic as the rattlesnake, but can kill.
Best-Mike
