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Snake Bites
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by defenseman on July 3, 2007
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I would like to know that if a rattlesnake was to bite themselves or other rattlesnakes....would the venom kill them?
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Staci Campbell
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by Cro on July 3, 2007
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Staci, most venomous snakes have immunity to their own venoms. However, you have to remember that a fang puncture is like getting stabbed, so if a snake punctures a heart, lung, liver, brain, blood vessel, or other vital organ with a fang, the physical damage caused by the the puncture wound could prove to be fatal.
Hope this helps.
Best Regards JohnZ
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by Chance on July 3, 2007
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Generally speaking, snakes are immune from their own species' venom. There have been lots of reports of various different types of snakes being kept in pairs biting each other, such as during feeding times, and also numerous times when people reported individual snakes biting themselves. Usually, the only result is some mild swelling, which diminishes greatly.
Of course, that being said, death due to envenomation by another of the same species does happen from time to time. Especially with viperids, if a fang manages to enter a vital organ, the physical damage itself could do the trick. Even general immunity though, in those cases, may not be enough to save the day.
-Chance
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by snakeguy101 on July 3, 2007
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i have heard of instances where a snake has bit itself and died from the venom, the insides were digested leaving a thick gooey mess inside the skin, i don't think this is very common though.
~Chris~
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