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Message: <blockquote data-quote="LC72uk" data-source="post: 136254" data-attributes="member: 4840">I don`t have that Family problem, lived on my own for the last 23 years, ex Mrs went years ago. It`s funny out of all the Venomous snakes I have dealt with and kept over the years, none of them have been as toxic as my Ex - Mrs, her Venom could kill a Inland Taipan (Oxyuranus microlepidotus) This is considered to be  the most toxic Snake on the planet .My Daughter comes round every now and then but she`s used to it, grown up with it. She wants me to get a Gaboon Viper.I keep 3 of the hot Snakes in my lounge and the other 3 hots in my bedroom.Should you ever decide to go into hot herps Mass, my advice would be keep some really nasty non venomous/aggressive species first,  this will help when it comes to the snake striking at you , can you avoid the bite ?, think of it as a Venomous species. You only get one chance with a hot herp .Should you get past that stage you should then move onto getting some Rear fanged venomous species  like a Mangrove Snake (Boiga dendrophilia), most of these have a low toxicity venom and their delivery system is poor  (Boomslang (Dispholidus typus)  being the exception, nasty venom you bleed out )  most rear fanged snakes  are very aggressive .I have 35 years experience in keeping Reptiles, I didn`t got hot till 2002 that`s when I started training  and it was 3 years(2005)  till I got my very first Venomous snake which was a Monocled Cobra (Naja kaouthia) and the 2nd being a WDB.<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />One thing is if you are hesitant kind of person , steer clear Mass. You need to be 100% on the ball my friend when it comes to hots .</blockquote>

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