Dry bite

As a dry bite is called a bite of a poisonous animal, often based on a poisonous snake or spider, in which no venom is injected.

Dry bites with poisonous snakes

On average every second poisonous snake bite is a dry bite, where the incidence of type varies to species. Dry bites can not be seen directly as such under certain circumstances. Only when after half an hour there is no edema has formed, a bite can be assigned as dull. Dry bites are mostly used to deter the aggressor, but while saving poison, so it can be used for prey.

Be distinguished from dry bite is the bite of non-toxic snakes, for example, anger snakes, although it has the same objective ( to expel the attacker), but naturally can not contain poison. As the surest sign of recognition of non-toxic species bites applies the so-called Bissmal: Non-toxic species leave a semi-circular imprint of her teeth, poisonous snakes, only one or two puncture points of the fangs.