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Originally Posted by kcfanXIII
I've just always treated venomous snakes as something to avoid. I'm no ophiologist though, so I've never had a reason to put myself at risk.
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As most people should. I had the rare and for me beneficial experience of being able to conduct field and other work with herpetologists for a brief period. I wouldn't encourage others to behave as I have with snakes/monitors/crocodilians without the proper training. I do recognize that mine was rather brief and not extensive in any means, therefore I don't go and try and free-handle EDBs, Coral Snakes (huge mistake,
at anyone who does that consistently), Crocs or gators over 4ft. It is simply stupid and just encourages A) Rasonable injury and B) Stress + injury to the animal. I had a buddy send me a video of him catching a ****ing black rat and trying to mash it's skull with a stick as he tried to secure a hold behind the jaw. ****ing asinine. First, that snake isn't going to hurt you if it bites, secondly, it will calm down pretty quickly and let you free handle it and be as happy as can be once it realizes you aren't a predator trying to ****ing eat it.
People are morons with reptiles but with good reason. There are quite a few on the planet especially where we first developed as a species that will ****ing kill you rather quickly. Before anti-venin was produced for the Black Mamba, the mortality rate was 100%. So yes, people that are not familiar with snakes should just stay the **** away. It just leads to bad results for all involved.
Additionally, anti-venom is both risky and super expensive.