Why not rear-fanged colubrids?

[ride_gnu]

I jsut saw it and tried looking online, why are discussion of these speicies band? It's got me quite puzzled especially afer I have read that they are not very venemous, why the restrictions to discussion as well as owning im geussing?

[RoyalGuardian]

I wondered that too!

[Patrick Long]

its becuase not a lot of research has been done on specific species. The venom is more toxic to certain people, just like bees.


I have a FWC and this gets brought up a lot. Its something that people dont know about, so they feel threatened by it.

[RoyalGuardian]

its becuase not a lot of research has been done on specific species. The venom is more toxic to certain people, just like bees.


I have a FWC and this gets brought up a lot. Its something that people dont know about, so they feel threatened by it.

Like most people and snakes in general.... *sigh*

[anendeloflorien]

I'm kind of confused by the subject line here? I mean I understand what he is asking but "Why not rear-fanged colubrids" doesn't make much sense to me.......

*sigh* in response to what I think is the question it is because (as Pat and RG already stated) people just do not understand what they are talking about. They hear the word "FANG" and they immediately think of a freakin rattlesnake lunging. What I would do is take a couple of puppy dog tame hognoses in to these dang legislators have them pass them around and then tell them that they are supposedly a rear-fanged snake.
The only thing I've ever heard of happening when someone was bitten by a rear-fanged colubrid was some swelling of the general area and some redness. It takes so much just for them to get their fangs engaged! They have to walk with their front teeth for a while before they can get their rear-fangs in. IDK just my opinion but people fear what they do not know.

[FloridaHogs]

Because legislators tend to be idiots that do not do any reaserch at all (especially in FL)

[ride_gnu]

Well that asnweers my questions. Are these snake generally more poisonous than most, or just have lack of reasearch? Up here in Canada most anything goes eh. lol.

[anendeloflorien]

Well that asnweers my questions. Are these snake generally more poisonous than most, or just have lack of reasearch? Up here in Canada most anything goes eh. lol.

Lol I'm really gonna try not to sound like an arse here but technically there are no (as far as I know please feel free to correct me if I'm wrong lol) "poisonous" snakes, they can be "venomous" I.E. they inject a toxin but not "poisonous".

Ok sorry just had to get that out of the way. As far as them being more venomous than other snakes, not a chance. Not any of the snakes that are kept regularly here in the US.

Little fun side note, the boomslang from Africa is a rear fanged snake and is considered to have one of (if not the) the most potent and deadly venoms in the world. However, they are not an agressive snake and have to work extremely hard on you to engage their rear-fangs so as far as I know there has only ever been one human death from a boomslang bite.

[Evans]

Little fun side note, the boomslang from Africa is a rear fanged snake and is considered to have one of (if not the) the most potent and deadly venoms in the world. However, they are not an agressive snake and have to work extremely hard on you to engage their rear-fangs so as far as I know there has only ever been one human death from a boomslang bite.

The Twig Snake from Africa, I do believe, is meant to be one of the most venomous rear-fanged snake in the world also. There is currently no anti-dote in the world for it's venom and when you do get bit, you don't die within a few hours like a "common" venomous snake, it takes about two days. So it's a very slow and painfull death. Not too sure how many people have died from this snake but Dr. Robert Mertens was killed by a pair in captivity while handling them.

[jparker1167]

boomslangs are rear fanged