# Discussion thread for the "Polls only" thread (Part 1)

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**Created:** [September 28, 2022, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380 "2022-09-28T11:33:16Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 10, 2023, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/4032 "2023-05-10T11:37:20Z")

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> [@kayaker](#):
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> > [@carnut](#):
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> > check the shape of its head
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> No, do not do this. [It is a bit of folklore](https://africacheck.org/fact-checks/meta-programme-fact-checks/no-shape-snakes-head-doesnt-show-whether-its-venomous-or-not) (along with red, black, friend of Jack).

At first I thought you were replying to this post in the current [snake thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-this-beautiful-angry-boi-i-found-at-camp/983768), and I was prepared to defend it because AFAIK what @Chronos said was perfectly accurate:

> [@Who is this beautiful angry boi I found at camp?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-this-beautiful-angry-boi-i-found-at-camp/983768/8):
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> Definitely not anything venomous. Except for the brightly-colored coral snake (which is the wrong part of the continent anyway), all of the venomous snakes in North America are pit vipers, and have a head wider than their body.

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