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RE: North American Rattlesnakes
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by tj on November 4, 2006
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If you're going by an LD50 chart, it's c. tigris. If you're going by the ones you definitely don't want to get bitten by, then certain populations of canebrake's,
mojave's, and southern pacific's would be on the top of my list.
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RE: North American Rattlesnakes
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by Rob_Carmichael on November 4, 2006
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When you say "most" are you referring to toxicity or amount of venom in a single bite? As the other post mentioned, C. tigris appears to have the highest toxicity but since we are still learning so much about venom, naturally occurring hybridization causing "new" venom make ups, etc. it's touch to pick just one. "helleri" account for some of the most serious bites as to "canebrakes" (and timbers). Getting nailed by a very large EDB or WDB would be an extremely serious bite due to the amount of venom in a single bite. So, it's not as cut and dry as it sounds.
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