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minus-squareScubus@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·9 months agoThey are actually born with a tooth called the egg tooth! And once their venom fangs grow in, they often have a more dangerous bite than adult because they don’t yet know how to control dosage.
minus-squareBelzebubulubu@mujico.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-29 months agoThat’s a myth, there’s not enough venom in a baby snake to kill you nor does it have long enough fangs or that level of toxicity EDIT: I was wrong, a baby snake can still kill you. It’s just that an adult injects more venom in you making it worse.
They are actually born with a tooth called the egg tooth!
And once their venom fangs grow in, they often have a more dangerous bite than adult because they don’t yet know how to control dosage.
That’s a myth, there’s not enough venom in a baby snake to kill you nor does it have long enough fangs or that level of toxicity
EDIT: I was wrong, a baby snake can still kill you. It’s just that an adult injects more venom in you making it worse.