# Snake Handling Pastor Bitten; Dies-Why?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [May 31, 2012, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snake-handling-pastor-bitten-dies-why/623656 "2012-05-31T14:40:51Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 1, 2012, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snake-handling-pastor-bitten-dies-why/623656/39 "2012-06-01T04:29:40Z")

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> [@DrFidelius](#):
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> Nope. Poison is pretty rare among healthy vertebrates. Offhand I can only think of Tetraodontidae as being deadly poisonous, but having Pentecostals enjoy a fugu dinner as a show of faith kinda doesn’t have the same panache as snake handling.

Don’t eat the Pentecostidae! Very bad for you. (ETA: Don’t let them bite you either.)

[sup](Pentecostidae: Land-dwelling blowfish?)[/sup]

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