Quote Originally Posted by Crotalids View Post
Maybe you care to read the second document, and tell me the LD 50 value given for nasicornis? I will save you the time, 8.6mg per Kg. That is a low potency! That figure is for intramuscular envenomation, most intravenous envenomations will be near fatal/fatal.

Bitis gabonica had a intramuscular LD50 of 5.2. Much strong than that of nasicornis, yet it is accepted that it isn a potent venom. It is the amount injected that makes the three Bitis species dangerous.

I never said it was non fatal, I said it wasn't potent. As you don't seem to be able to understand the difference between the two words. A venom doesn't need to be potent to be fatal. There are many more factors involved that decide whether an envenomation will be fatal or not!

I like how you couldn't answer any of the other questions I ask. I'm surprised you don't have any pictures of snakes you have kept, seems odd.
On a scale of 1-5, one being the lowest and five the highest they rate a 3. Taipan's are a 5 and Copperheads are a 1. So how exactly is 3 not potent? The LD50 for B.n. is 0.02 of an oz for a 150lb man. And that LD50 of 8.6mg per kg is intra-muscular. Intra-venous it's much higher for the B.n. than the B.g.; 1.1mg/kg vs. 6.7mg/kg respectively. Also those LD50 scores are based on MICE not humans. Monkeys are far more sensitive to B.n/B.g venom than mice are. I am pretty sure we are more comparative to primates than mice.

here something you can maybe grasp. LD50 for various snakes