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Can poisonous snakes regulate their venom when they bite?

April 26, 2017bite poisonous regulate Snakes venom

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Can poisonous snakes regulate their venom when they bite?

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Evidence indicates that mature rattlesnakes can regulate their venom. I havent heard or read anything that indicates that the other 3 species of North American poisonous snakes do this. Rattlesnakes use their venom for hunting, and they are reluctant to waste perfectly good venom on humans.