Are venomous snakes immune to the venom of their own kind?

These are mainly in snakes with haemotoxic venom, which destroys soft tissue. I have heard of rattlesnakes envenomating cage-mates either accidentally or in a fight, and having swelling and necrosis at the bite site. So they are not immune to their own venom. read more

Best Answer: Generally speaking, snakes are NOT immune to venom - their own or another snake's. If a venomous snake bit its own tail, it would die. If a venomous snake bit another of its own species, the bitten snake would die. read more

“The conventional wisdom is that they have circulating antibodies in their blood,” says Stephen Mackessy, Ph.D., a Professor of Biological Sciences at the University of Northern Colorado and an expert in venomous snakes. read more