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Interrupting the defensive bite
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by asud on July 23, 2010
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In the highly undesirable instance of a defensive bite - especially from a large, powerful solenoglyph - how does one go about dislodging deeply embedded fangs from flesh? Do you peel up from, say, the rostral? Is there an established protocol? Or - assuming defensive bites to be shorter-lived and drier than predatory ones - does the biter often enough tend to pull out from the bitee of its own volition once the point's been made?
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by CanadianSnakeMan on July 23, 2010
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A defensive bite should be fairly short lived. In my experience, even vipers that have a strike-and-hold feeding response (such as the arboreals) normally pull away pretty quickly when they bite defensively. The whole point is that they feel like they might be something's dinner so they don't want to hang around you any more than you want to hang around them, thus striking and holding would defeat the puropse.
That said, if it came down to facing the unfortunate circumstance of having a big viper clamping down on my arm I would probably not try to peel it off, angering it enough to potentially release more venom into me - I'd just allow it to let go on its own, find the phone and get my bite protocol!
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by Ptk on July 24, 2010
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If your question was more "what to do to remove a dis-engaged fang once a bite has taken place?", then you will probably get a number of opinions.
I would imagine most medical personnel would handle it like any contaminated sharp embedded object (needles, etc.) but exact protocols may vary county by county.
If it were me..... I would remove it unless I felt I couldnt without it breaking off.
~ PTK
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by snakeguy101 on July 25, 2010
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MY advice is just to avoid getting bit so that you dont have to worry about it. If you are bit however, the snake will not continue holding on unless it perceives you as prey (which is really unlikely).
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by BobH on July 25, 2010
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I think it is all going to happen too quick to think about. I think the normal reflexive action will be to pull the snake off anyway you can get it off.
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by Phobos on July 28, 2010
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IMO, a defensive bite is not one which they tend to hold on. They want to inflict pain and deter the aggressor. Hanging on exposes their head and neck to potiental major trama.
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