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Rana?

Thanks Mani :)

Thanks Viv, just luck as I only went out to water my plants. Moved to a different area and this island is a goldmine of rare species :) It house over 300 national redlist species, maybe even more :)

Ofcource I understand if some kids are poking a snake with a stick, the snake will defend itself, but handling snakes gently will most likely not trigger fear in them. Holding them down, stepping on them and othervise make the snake uncomfertable will ofcource induce a bite that is full of venom.

Oh? I was under the influence that snakes as most animals act on instinct if they are scared for their lives, an instinctive reaction for snakes is to empty the venomsacks something I hardly believe they think about before they do. And the reason I say some bites are drybites is that venom is valuable and cost a lot of energy to produce, so when the snakes reach adult age they have a lot more experience with how much venom they use on different occations. They are analytic and wasting venom when there is no need is just evolutionary stupid. But I might be wrong ofcource :)

Thanks :)

Thanks :)

Yes they are, but not deadly. The smallest are the worst as they empty every drop of venom into you when they bite, after they become adults they learn how to control it and about 1/3 of the bites of an adult is drybites as a warning.

I was hoping someone would. He and his brothers in arms is eating everything exept my chili :D
But I have a secret weapon...a bucket and a long walk into the wild, probably takes him all summer to get back :)

Tks Joshua :)