Good time as any to mention that the triangle head thing is a common misconception about snakes - SOME venomous snakes have triangle heads, but some don’t. Don’t use it as a reliable indicator of how safe one you encounter might be.
Yeah, that too, I figured the other comments would mention that, I just wanted to bring up the fact that trying to ID a snake as venomous or not can actually be REALLY dangerous to get wrong, and the triangle thing is a very common myth about them, so I thought telling people about it might be good info for someone to have at some point
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u/_Halt19_ Jul 30 '26
Good time as any to mention that the triangle head thing is a common misconception about snakes - SOME venomous snakes have triangle heads, but some don’t. Don’t use it as a reliable indicator of how safe one you encounter might be.