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To: Salamander; All

Just saw a news report about this and they said the dog was expected to survive. Dry bite, maybe?


47 posted on 09/03/2014 3:59:05 PM PDT by Mase (Save me from the people who would save me from myself!)
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To: Mase

Cobras, despite popular notions, will go out of their way to not bite and *not* “waste” venom.

It may well have been a warning shot.

It takes a good bit of pestering to goad them into a full blown bite so the dog was lucky, thank God.

There are bazillions of videos of people interacting with venomous snakes available.

Wouldn’t hurt to research this and dispel some of the silly myths of “killer snakes”.

Check YouTube for “chased by a water moccasin” for good perspective.

99.9% of the time, all a snake wants is for you to leave it alone long enough that it can escape your presence.


59 posted on 09/03/2014 6:24:49 PM PDT by Salamander (People will stare. Might as well make it worth their while.)
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