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How about inexperience at catching/handling? Being 16 at the time field hunting in S Cal, I came across a C.v. helleri laying at rest. Awe stuck at my find I pinned it's head down with my hook, reached down with my right hand and picked it up behind the head. Little did I know the strenght and flexability of these snakes as it turned it's head and opened it's mouth getting it's fangs with in reach of my thumb. Droped it , jumped back and started shaking at my too close of a bad incounter. Inexperience can be a fatal move, one of the things that scares me when I see newbies asking about owning hots!
Scott
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