出典:Wiktionary
出典:Wikipedia
出典:『Wikipedia』 (2011/06/21 15:18 UTC 版)
A dry bite is a bite by a venomous animal in which no venom is released. Dry snake bites are called "Venomous snake bite without envenoming". Dry bites can occur from all snakes, but their frequency varies from species to species. For example, brown snakes can inflict dry bites 80% of the time while Australian taipans only inflict it 5% of the time. About 25% of snakebite cases can be dry bites and is characterized by fang and tooth marks and the absence of injected poison.