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That was exactly my point above, Clay. Performing venom procurement on 50-100 snakes per day is a world apart from keeping a collection of 50-100 venomous snakes. For the most part, the risk can be minimized for routine husbandry, and actual contact rarely has to happen except for medical care (though "tailing" cobras, in conjunction with a hook, adds an element of control that is lacking with either one or two hook techniques). When "milking", you are putting yourself on the firing line with each and every animal...and any lapse of concentration holds potentially lethal consequence
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