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Milking Rattlesnake, Ross Allen's Reptile Institute, Silver Springs, Florida

Milking Rattlesnake, Ross Allen's Reptile Institute, Silver Springs, Florida
A linen postcard with a close-up of a rattlesnake being "milked," which supplies venom for use in making antivenom.

For another view of the procedure, take a look at a slide of a rattlesnake milking demonstration that also took place at Ross Allen's Reptile Institute in Silver Springs, Florida:

Rattlesnake Milking Demonstration at Ross Allen's Reptile Institute, Silver Springs, Florida, 1960s

Smiley Derleth, , , have particularly liked this photo


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