Venomous collection

[Bogertophis]

...Morning cleanup with one of the most dangerous snakes in the world. Also a quick reminder to never use bare hands for cleaning viper feces. Gloves or a scoop! Notice the shiny shed fang just sitting there waiting to shank an unsuspecting finger...

Something most people would NEVER think about. It always amazed me just how many shed fangs I saw in my rattlesnake's feces...amazing because fangs are so
sharp, yet they pass harmlessly thru their digestive tract & out the "other end". I'd hesitate to feed hairless rodents for this reason, I suspect that it's mostly the hair that
functions as "fiber" and sweeps out any fangs that came loose & were swallowed during their meals. To put it in human terms, that's like us swallowing a toothpick with a
meal, & we know from medical records that often doesn't end well. Snakes have awesome adaptations, when you consider that swallowing a fang isn't a one-off either-
fangs get replaced many times thru-out the snake's life.