04-26-2002, 09:09 PM
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Relating to Najaboy's post. An interesting fact is that Canebrakes (C. horridus atricaudatus) and EDB's (C. adamanteus) both have increasingly high levels of neurotoxins. the Southern range of the Canebrake (Timber) and the Northern range of the EDB offer much highr concentrations of n-toxins. A friend of mine got bit by a 4 foot EDB two nights ago and nearly died. The odd thing is that there was very little necrosis (enough swelling that he needed a fasciotomy). This struck me as odd due to the usual tissue damage produced by this species. He is doing better and is expected to recover and probably keep his fingers. I was not aware the Mojave shared this geographic variation in its venom. Just thought it was interesting and worth noting.
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