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So my friends and I were out herping today when I caught a 25-30 inch garter snake. I was careless and he gave me a particularly bad bite, enough to get his fangs caught in my skin. The individual had about 5 seconds of chewing time. Even though its teeth were not that long I noticed the wound took some time to stop bleeding. I read up on their venom and supposedly the symptoms are more itchy and mild swelling. But this was more similar to the green water snake bite I took last year where I seemed to experience some mild anticoagulant effects.