Deadly venomous snakes of Africa - Boomslang and vine snakes or twig snakes, venom extraction 

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@@LivingZoology I wish you continued success.

Thanks for watching! :) Yes, these bites are dangerous.

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So nice of you, thanks! Boomslang is a really nice species!

Thank you! Unfortunately, we haven’t seen an individual with the red throat!

@@LivingZoology Ok, thanks for the response !!

Thank you very much!!! Boomslangs are awesome, we agree :)

@@LivingZoology You may have answered this question before. Who was the famous herpertologist who died from a boomslang bite? I belive he was convinced that the venom wasn't fatal.

@@emilemontiere6128 It was Karl P. Schmidt from Natural History Museum.

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We agree, they are really well camouflaged!

Thank you very much! These two are our favorite colubrids! It is always fun to work with them!

Not to humans according to LD50.

Yes, they have it!

Both Boomslang and twig /vine snake are amazing!

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Yes, it can! It is a potent hemotoxin.

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It is a serious job, we agree!

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Vine snakes from Africa are!

Well, now you know at least how a real Boomslang looks like! The snake in the film is not real, it is created by computer and looks more like a non-venomous Beauty rat snake.

@@LivingZoology oh cool! I did not know that. Thank you for the info. Makes sense though. They wouldn't want a highly venomous snake on the train.

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Thank you very much!!! We have special videos about Boomslang and Twig snake: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-IFLj7sWdlMs.html and ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-cP5kqH_N0u8.html Both snakes are medically significant (hemotoxic), there is no antivenom against twig snake/vine snake venom.

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We agree, twig /vine snakes are amazing!

Yes, his death is a bit absurd! But at least it helped to spread knowledge about toxicity of Boomslang.

Another famous herpetologist from germany, Robert Mertens, died from a bite from a vine snake (Thelotornis capensis).

Yes, the Forest vine snake lives there.

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Thank you! Yes, the name is directly taken from Dutch and Afrikaans.

The name literally means tree snake.

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Both snakes have very toxic venom - hemotoxic. The main difference is that there is antivenom against venom of Boomslang, while there is no antivenom against the venom of vine snake.

@@LivingZoology So, does that mean you will die if bitten by a Vine Snake, but you can possibly survive a Boomslang???

@@BW-kv9wj Yes, if you get antivenom you will survive Boomslang bite.

@@LivingZoology What about a bite from a Vine Snake? Am I screwed?

@@LivingZoology I guess I didn’t ask my question correctly. If I get bit by a Boomslang and DONT get anti venom, is it 100% fatal? If I get bit by a Vine Snake, is it 100% fatal?

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Hello! Snakes from the genus Philothamnus often have enlarged teeth in the back of their mouths (quite normal in colubrids), but those are not typical fangs connected with a venom gland. Their bites cause deep lacerations but no toxic affects on humans were recorded. It is though that they might have toxic saliva which works on frogs and maybe other small vertebrates. The Black tree snake is closely related to the Boomslang and it has enlarged teeth in the back of its mouth. No large visible rear fangs are there from what we know but that does not mean that the snake is not rear-fanged. There are records of bites which caused serious symptoms and although some sources say that the snake is not venomous and it does not have fangs, it is necessary to be cautious with it. Unfortunately, there is lack of studies about dentition of many potentially rear-fanged snakes.

@@LivingZoology I also have a western black Treesnake lol I’ve seen those, their fangs are very very small, I read the blacks have identical venom to the boom actually but only a few people have ever been bitten (or atleast written about it)

@@LivingZoology rear fangs aren’t hollow, they have to chew you, I read a bite report on the Thrasops (I have the Occidentalis) and he said it was decently bad, but yeah back to the bush snake, watched another vid man in Africa with em, he said they are just mildly venomous but yeah guess I won’t let em bite me and find out myself. I can’t help but think if a snake has a “enlarged tooth” at the back, it’s usually for a reason, but I respect your opinion/comment back! Maybe people didn’t let them chew them long enough, I keep a lot of normal colubrids and none that I know of or seen have Enlarged rear teeth, I would think they have a small Duv’s gland but I could be wrong and they just are big teeth. Nonetheless I love him, and he’s eating great for me with geckos. When he’s bigger tho I’m hoping to try and switch em to mice but not sure if it’s gonna work. But man my Thrasops, that sucker does not eat. Lol. I’ve been having to assist feed about 4 months now, I also have 4 mangroves, a FWC, blandings Treesnake (those are quite toxic I read) and maybe the bush snake. All eat well expect that dang Thrasops.

@@jamesbrown420 We know that chewing is usually necessary (although not with the Boomslang for example - quick bite is enough). There is no venom gland known in Philothamnus. As you say, the best is not to let any snake chew on you!

@@jamesbrown420 Their venom is probably similar (but proper research is lacking) to venom of the Boomslang, just the dentition with smaller rear fangs makes it more difficult to envenomate humans. It is surprising to us that so little is still known about Thrasops.

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