Rattlesnake bite near here

[DonTom]

The thing to do is always have a tape measure and snake identification manual handy.

With you snakephobia, just keep a safe distance (at least six feet) from all snakes and there shouldn't be any problem.

-Don- Reno, NV

 

[DonTom]

For the record, I knew that Hognose snakes had venom, but I also knew that their fangs were placed back in the latter area of their mouth and are more for subduing a capture prey than for defense.

Besides the fact that hognose snakes don't bite for defense, but they sometimes put up a nice show by looking very aggressive. And sometime play dead even after the show.

Their main diet is toads, which have very poisonous skins, which is probably more dangerous than their rear- fanged venom. Besides, their venom only works on amphibians, such as the toads they eat.

-Don- Reno, NV

 

[LarsMac]

Besides the fact that hognose snakes don't bite for defense, but they sometimes put up a nice show by looking very aggressive. And sometime play dead even after the show.

Their main diet is toads, which have very poisonous skins, which is probably more dangerous than their rear- fanged venom. Besides, their venom only works on amphibians, such as the toads they eat.

-Don- Reno, NV

As a matter of fact, when I found this one, he was in the process of trying to eat a small toad, and when I arrived, he abandoned his toad and tried to leave.
Now I feel really bad, Not only did I interrupt his meal, but I ended up getting him killed.
Damn kids.

 

[DonTom]

Cottonmouth come is a variety of flavors.

Here is a guy in Arkansas who really knows what a cottonmouth looks like.

See the video starting at 4:00

-Don- Reno, NV

 

[DonTom]

I always appreciate the expert advice "if you see a venomous snake walk away...",..As opposed to trying to pet him?

It happened again, just last week, where somebody tried to "pet" a venomous snake instead of walking away.

"A hiker died after he picked up a rattlesnake and was bitten on the hand in a state park in Tennessee, authorities said."

See here.


-Don- Auburn, CA

 

[Tulecreeper]

It happened again, just last week, where somebody tried to "pet" a venomous snake instead of walking away.

"A hiker died after he picked up a rattlesnake and was bitten on the hand in a state park in Tennessee, authorities said."

See here.


-Don- Auburn, CA

Darwin works in mysterious ways.