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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Enn49" data-source="post: 45421" data-attributes="member: 3458">There is a theory that part of the human brain was programmed to alert us to danger from predators in prehistoric times and that snakes were one of them. Over time some of us have not overcome this program where others have. This explains why it seems such an irrational fear.And yes Hognoses are rear fanged and slightly venomous but not dangerously so. The worst you will suffer from their bite if they do engage their fangs is swelling and what I can only describe as the sensation you get after a nettle sting which lasts only a few days and can be treated with antihistamine.</blockquote>