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While the duct, glands and fangs are removed during the initial surgery
the fangs grow back. And yes they are capable of inflicting a deep
puncture wound that could make you liable at the very least to tetanus
or other clostridial (anaerobic) infections.  A tetanus shot is the order
of the day for anybody who fools with snakes, venomous or not. 
Back to original admonition: dont get bitten. BTW I have heard tell
that devenomized snakes (whether freshly operated on or not) could
conceivably still have venom in the duct of its replacement fangs
or the original fangs (some vets dont remove the fangs, just the ducts
and glands).,..and people have gotten envenomated by those dried
rattlesnake heads sold as curios!

You dont have to look very far to find venomous snakes with venoms not
harmful to humans.  Probably 90% of all colubrid genera have 
Duvernoy's glands, a significant number have enlarged rear fangs and
a great many have both.  Garter snakes, Ringnecks  and Dekay's snakes are among
those with venoms not usually harmful to man (the bite of the Wandering
Garter is particularly nasty and has caused some problems); So with
the exception of boids, pythons and milk/king snakes, you could probably
find some sort of toxin in almost every snake's saliva.  Dr. Sherman
Minton and colleagues even discovered toxin-like substances in the
salivary secretions of Fischer's Boa, a non-Duvernoy-gland boid. 
(PS: Not all "venomous" colubrids are entirely harmless to humans....
see  the book "Medical Herpetology" by the undersigned for more details

Steve Grenard
grenard@herpmed.com

http://www.xmission.com/~gastown/herpmed/