Veterinarian Dr. Randy Junge has successfully cut out the highly toxic swollen venom gland of a 19-year-old eastern diamondback rattlesnake at the Columbus Zoo. The gland for the rattlesnake was so large it was preventing the snake from eating. The area was then filled with silicone to keep the facial structure in place. Vets had first tried antibiotics and other treatments, but the gland kept on growing.
The surgery was quite dangerous. If the venom dropped or sprayed from the venom sac during the removal, “it would be like getting bit.” Read more at Columbus Dispatch.
{Andy Heller-Matzav.com Newscenter}
so is the snake now, non venomous?
Why would being sprayed by the venom be like getting bit? Its not s spitting cobra?
And if the snake died, would anyone have cared?
Was the surgery an experiment or a mitzva of “Tzaar baalei chayim”?? Is the snake soo important??