Rev. Coots was not too bright either. It is pure ignorance to allow rattlesnake(s) to bite you and then refuse life-saving anti-venom.. . .
As for fifty teeth in a possum's mouth being a danger to man and beast, the Rev Jamie Coots late of Chattanooga, Tennessee recently died
and he was only bitten by an animal with only two teeth.
Does that make the poor old possum 2,500% more dangerous than a rattle snake? I think not.
The opossum is not poisonous like the Timber Rattler. The not-so-wise Rev was not killed by teeth but by venom. Snake venom varies too. There is a reason Rev Coots played with rattlesnakes & let them bite him instead of say a Taipan, a Black Mamba, etc. -- bet he would not have survived the first bite of one of those (and they only had two fangs too). btw: the Timber Rattler has more teeth than just the two fangs on the upper and lower jaw:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snake_skeleton (scroll down to Solenoglyph skull -- see those other teeth?)
