The Herp Bite List
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Well yes and no. They're both large predatory lizards, but that's about it. They don't share much genetic ancestery.
Varanids are also much more primative animals. Tegus are much more evolved and intelligent (My big tegu Chief is house-broken...if you believe that
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Varanids are also much more primative animals. Tegus are much more evolved and intelligent (My big tegu Chief is house-broken...if you believe that
).piranha45 said:I do not and have not kept herps since I was a preteen, personally, and I've been fortunate enough to have not been bitten by one... although I wouldn't consider box turtles to be threatening biters
If you've ever been bitten by an amphibian/reptile, let's hear about it! Be sure to include the specie, the size of the specimen, and how much physical damage it did to its target.
Ok I got an addition to add yesterday. Anyone ever seen a Tire Tack eel sleep upside down well me either. I had so many problem with this guy and I tought I had it solved. I went to feed him and there he was up-side down in his PVC tube. I thought Dam , and removed top and reached in to pull him from the tube. He is a very deep sleeper apparently and as I was pulling him by the head when he woke up. Blinked his eyes and at that time I realized this was not goin to end well. I made a dash for safety with my eel right on my hand he grab my little finger did very little damage but mostly startled the S#$t out me. The wall now has water stains and my wife can't stop laughing. :rofl:
rayman45 said:
this is a fish site right.........This is for the RAYMAN45 went fishing when i was 12 in a small lake in NY, I got hold of a large snapping turtle it took me a long time to get him in. Went to my mother and asked if I could keep him. He was a little under 20" in lenght and she told me no way if it bites. she took a stick and hit it on the nose. Well I'll be damed if it reached out on bite the hell out of her hand I had to stick a stick in between its jaws to free her. 12 stiches and you guessed it the snapper went back in the water.
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Greetings everyone, 
here. I've been dealing with herps since I was a young 'un. To say the least I'm just blown away from all the stuff yall have. I though I was doing good with a 150 gallon tank. 
Lets see, bites:
Snakes- Numerous colubrids-Green snakes, Garters, Kings, Ratsnakes, Corns, Racers, almost every type of colubrid in the South East.
Pythons-Balls, Burmese, Womas, Scrubs, Carpet.
Boas-Red-tails, Hog Island, Green Anaconda, Yellow Anaconda.
None were that bad. The Woma was about the worst because it was a sneaky bite like one of the colubrids, and got a full imprint. The Green Anaconda left three teeth in one of my knuckles. I got bit by my friends yearling Albino Burm four days ago, 18 holes in the same finger. Ticked me off more than anything.
Turtles-Box, Snappers, Musk, Red-ears, all were young ones, so no harm no foul.
Lizards-Iguanas, Skinks, Anoles, Geckos, Savannah Monitor, Nile Monitor, Black Throat Monitor. The worst from these wasen't actually a bite. I did get tail whipped by a 5 1/2 ft. Iguana across the back. Not cool, worse than a bite. When in FL. I'll walk around conventions with anoles attached to my ear lobes.
Crocodillians-American Alligators, Spectacled Caimens, Dwarf Caimens. Again all young ones, so no harm no foul.
No venomous as of yet, I hope to never be that unlucky. I'll have to post some pics from some of our hunts sometime.
here. I've been dealing with herps since I was a young 'un. To say the least I'm just blown away from all the stuff yall have. I though I was doing good with a 150 gallon tank. Lets see, bites:
Snakes- Numerous colubrids-Green snakes, Garters, Kings, Ratsnakes, Corns, Racers, almost every type of colubrid in the South East.
Pythons-Balls, Burmese, Womas, Scrubs, Carpet.
Boas-Red-tails, Hog Island, Green Anaconda, Yellow Anaconda.
None were that bad. The Woma was about the worst because it was a sneaky bite like one of the colubrids, and got a full imprint. The Green Anaconda left three teeth in one of my knuckles. I got bit by my friends yearling Albino Burm four days ago, 18 holes in the same finger. Ticked me off more than anything.
Turtles-Box, Snappers, Musk, Red-ears, all were young ones, so no harm no foul.
Lizards-Iguanas, Skinks, Anoles, Geckos, Savannah Monitor, Nile Monitor, Black Throat Monitor. The worst from these wasen't actually a bite. I did get tail whipped by a 5 1/2 ft. Iguana across the back. Not cool, worse than a bite. When in FL. I'll walk around conventions with anoles attached to my ear lobes.
Crocodillians-American Alligators, Spectacled Caimens, Dwarf Caimens. Again all young ones, so no harm no foul.
No venomous as of yet, I hope to never be that unlucky. I'll have to post some pics from some of our hunts sometime.
