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by crsaz on September 26, 2005
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I was thinking of adding venomous snakes to my small show. I want to add a venomoid spectacled cobra. A non venomoid copper head and a popes tree viper. The popes viper is more for my personal "enjoyment" By the way how toxic is the popes viper venom. What is your opinion on me using a venomoid.
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by earthguy on September 27, 2005
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"I was thinking of adding venomous snakes to my small show."
That could be potentially very educational for your audience. What sort of audience do you have? How big is your collection? What sort of clientelle do you get in your "small show"?
"I want to add a venomoid spectacled cobra. A non venomoid copper head and a popes tree viper. The popes viper is more for my personal "enjoyment" By the way how toxic is the popes viper venom. What is your opinion on me using a venomoid."
What are you trying to teach? When you put together a lesson you must first ask yourself what you want your audience to learn. You should never start with a lesson and then figure out what your audience should learn from it. If you want to teach that venomous reptiles are dangerous, but are a beatiful and essential part of nature, then perhaps you should consider showing hots. If that is the case, then you should be certain that you appreciate these animals for what they are. That means several things (in my opinion). 1) Love them as they are. Know their natural history and potential lethality. You should never remove parts of an animal to make it something that it's not. That means no venomoids. 2) Be certain that your handling skills are adequate to SAFELY display the snake(s) WITHOUT STRESSING THEM. Also, you should be confident enough in your skills that you are calm while handling the snake, without being overconfident (which WILL lead to disaster). If you think that you can meet these criteria (and any legal criteria in your are), and you think that you can create a beneficial learning experience, then you should. If, however, you are not 100% consident in what you are doing, then leave it for someone else to do (or lear and become 100% confident).
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by Snake18 on September 27, 2005
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I completely agree with Joshua.
I have a pope`s viper at home. It`s wonderfull species to keep. It`s venom rarely kills, even withouth antivenombut being a citoxin and hemotoxin it can cause very very bad necroses. So if you get bit, you probably not die, but there`s a good chanse of you loosing part of your finger.
If you like snakes, you should respect them for what they are, so of course that means: NO VENOMOIDS !!!
Best regards, Alex S.
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by crsaz on September 27, 2005
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I would not add the popes viper to the show I just want one because they are so beautiful and iteresting. rightnow in the show I have mostly large constricors retics burms 1 anaconda and a patternless african rock python but i also have rtb's and a gtp I want to eventually have all the rattlers that live in our region=Sanoran desert because that is most lickley the snake most people will encounter in the wild. I teach at local schools. I put a show on at the elementary school my mom teaches at / I used to go to I went their since kinter garten and have known the principle for 14 years I got to know her really good in fifth grade lol. When I went tere I would catch snakes at lunch because they would kill them on site so I took them home and released them I still have one that I caught in 2nd grade it is a red racer. I put on a show for the whole school twice a year and abut once a month for my moms classes
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by captiveherps on September 27, 2005
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I might be sounding like an insurance adjuster, but if I was taking hots into a school they would be in a locked clear plastic enclosure and they would not be taken out.
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by earthguy on September 30, 2005
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James is right. In addition to insurance concerns, you may want to investigate if the schools that you visit even allow "dangerous animals" in. My school has quite a collection of water moccasins in our natural area, but I (a fairly experienced herpetologist)am not allowed to catch them to show my students. I can, luckily, show them off in the wild (which is actually a MUCH better thing all around). It would be a shame to go through the trouble of developing a "Hot education" show, then not be allowed to show it.
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