Is it possible?

[Doug 351]

MEH...Just get some cobras and test your theory!

Venomous snakes don't always invect venom. Kinda like when you go shopping... You don't always spend money.....

Sooo...occasionally,poisonous snakes will give "dry bites".

[Aaron_S]

Originally Posted by Doug 351

MEH...Just get some cobras and test your theory!

Venomous snakes don't always invect venom. Kinda like when you go shopping... You don't always spend money.....

Sooo...occasionally,poisonous snakes will give "dry bites".

This legit has nothing to do with the thread topic.

Yes we all know this already.

[TRD]

Originally Posted by Doug 351

MEH...Just get some cobras and test your theory!

Venomous snakes don't always invect venom. Kinda like when you go shopping... You don't always spend money.....

Sooo...occasionally,poisonous snakes will give "dry bites".

A feeding response bite from a venomous snake will inject venom 100% of the time. There's a theory that defensive bites do not always inject venom, which makes of course absolute sense. This is also fully in the snake's control and doesn't happen "by chance". There's another study ongoing that tries to find out if those snakes that have slow acting and/or venom that doesn't cause acute pain are more likely to give dry defensive bites (ie- the venom aspect doesn't give the snake any added defensive value as the predator would of killed it anyway before the venom could act).

[Doug 351]

Thanks TRD. Anyway, ...back to topic ( personally speaking).

I saw a show where they were studying how a certain rattlesnake could survive in a climate with sub-freezing temperature. They replicated the climatic conditions, fed it and attempted to monitor the digestive process. After a certain number of days, they had to intervene before the snake died.

So, Todd... that's when they had a DOH!!! moment...and realized the prey had not been invenomated. Rattlesnakes in paticular have tissue destroying venom. The aftermath of a rattlesnake bite is horrible tissue damage.

On the other hand, Cobras have neurological venom, and probably could digest their prey. But...without venom, would have to be hand fed, because..(as previously very well pointed out)...it's not in their nature to grab and constric.