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question about rattlesnakes..
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Anonymous post on January 4, 2001
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Which specie does have the most mild venom?
Could it possilbly be one of the pygmies..?
// Jocke
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RE: question about rattlesnakes..
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by PIGMAN on January 4, 2001
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Certainly the smaller species like siwinders, twinnspots, longtails, pigmies, and rock rattlers have the least venom and are generally the least dangerous just because they normally don't contain the volume of venom to kill an adult human. But the least toxic per volume wood probably be the blacktail rattlesnake. C. molossus.
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by TIMFRIEDE on January 4, 2001
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Toxicity and volume are two different things. D. typus has a low yield, but the i.v. LD-50 is .071. A low yield has no relevance to the danger a animal can posses. But, yield can add to the punch. Sistrurus m. barbouri is low with 12.5(i.v.), but that depends on where you get bit. Thanks, Tim.
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Rattlesnake Venom
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by Charper on January 5, 2001
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For a general idea on toxicity of rattlesnake species, check out the venom chart on the left navbar of this site.
CH
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