Does a baby snake bite hurt more than an adult?

Answer 1

The physical pain of the fangs piercing the skin may not hurt as much as the fangs are smaller but the pain created by the venom would be the same if an adult and baby snake injected the same amount of venom.

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Answer 2

Actually, small snakes are technically more poisonous than large snakes of its own species. Though the younger version of the same species of snake has the same potency of venom, it is technically more poisonous. As a young (or baby) venomous snake, whenever it bites something, it injects all the venom it can inject, therefore increasing the mortality rate of whatever is being bitten. The baby snake doesn't know how to ration its venom, so it injects it all at once, which increases the mortality rate (or the likeliness something might die). When the venomous snake is larger, it rations its venom so it can strike more than once, and only deliver enough venom to kill something. The potency of the venom doesn't change between small and big snakes of the same species, but the amount used does.

Answer 3

Yes! Any snake that is poisonous as an adult is just as poisonous as a baby!!!!!!!

Answer 4

The venom, as a rule is not different from adult to juvenile.

That actually is the notable thing, the babies are just as dangerous as the adults.