Remember, snake fangs work like hypodermic needles, injecting the venom deep under the skin of victims. Until somebody proves that vaccine can be sucked out after a flu shot, nobody should believe that the venom can be sucked out after a snake bite. As scary as the snakes seem, they aren't the first reptiles that come to mind when somebody thinks of dangerous Funcoast creatures. Undoubtedly, alligators hold the number one spot in the public's mental image of a reptilian rogues' gallery. No creature less deserves such a reputation.
Gators are far more endangered by mankind than mankind is endangered by gators.
Since 1948, when the state Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission first started keeping records of such things, there have been a grand total of 265 gator attacks. Of those, nine were fatal. They should be respecting them. Gators were hunted to the brink of extinction up until the 1960s. Then, for about 20 years, gator hunting was banned.