2007-07-24 21:48:17 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Reptiles
no. snakes that constrict still have fangs ,but they are just used for holding the pray.
2007-07-24 21:52:36 · answer #1 · answered by Jeremy R 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, all fanged snakes are venomous. Some are only mildly, such as the hog nosed snake which has fixed rear fangs. Other snakes have teeth, not fangs. I don't consider my pythons teeth to be fangs. They are just teeth. They are all the same sized and do not come out farther than others. Fangs-the slightly enlarged front or rear teeth, are used to pierce and envenomate prey. Some venom delivery systems are quite poor and require chewing to do so, but they still deliver venom.
2007-07-24 23:20:59 · answer #2 · answered by gallianomom2001 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, even the constrictors have glands, but they are not active. Snakes also have many types of venoms with different potency. But some snakes has very little venom with very little potency, so a bite would be less than a bee-sting.
The two most usual venoms you can encounter in nature is the neurotoxin and the hemotoxin.
Here is a good article about venoms in nature in general: http://all-about-mexico.net/nature/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=294&Itemid=6
There is descriptions of many of the poisonout animals as well.
2007-07-24 21:56:53 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not at all, actually there's only a few venomous species of snakes. For example the anaconda and the boa has fangs, but they are not venomous, they kill by squeezing and suffocating
2007-07-24 21:56:07 · answer #4 · answered by modli 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes but not all are deadly to humans...any snake u find, check up on it...some have rear fangs (green tree snakes and ringneck snakes for example) those are usually harmless snakes and dont have venom that is toxic enough to humans to kill...although it can make u sick. the snakes u have to worry about that have long enough front fangs to pierce ur skin and kill r rattle snakes, cobras, moccassins, etc...those r the ones u need to b cautious about...always have someone with u if ur gonna b around wild snakes.
2007-07-25 15:44:23 · answer #5 · answered by mrsturner2u 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. A very small percentage of over 3000 species of snakes are venomous...
2007-07-25 00:25:47 · answer #6 · answered by TURANDOT 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. Some just have fangs to kill their prey, not to poison them
2007-07-24 21:55:09 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
no most snakes have fangs
just thought you mite like 2 know :)
2007-07-25 05:14:17 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
NO. BUT I AM VENOMOUS
2007-07-24 22:20:41 · answer #9 · answered by crazy stuff man 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes they will bite you
and KILL YOU
muhahahaha
2007-07-24 22:22:27 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋