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by clozzar123 on June 24, 2008
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WOW!!! that sounds nasty but im glad you survived it with your hand with you.lol do you have any snakes of your own?
i am getting a albino ball python when i am 13. i love snakes and they are my fav animal!!!
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by KRAITCATCHER on October 24, 2009
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Wow man,that brings up the hais on the back of my neck!I had 1.1 very beautiful,and very big,both over 5.5',Atrox.The male I called "spooky" he would just sit there,while I held the prekilled rat,some times 15 min.(on tongs of course) no rattling,no hissing,nothing,then...BAM!,The female was a little more predictable,but a hard striker none the less.I shiver at the thought of being hit by one of them.Glad you lived to tell the tale.
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by Anarch on September 16, 2011
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I had an uncle I never met because of a rattler. He was bitten when he was 4 when our family lived out in between Florence and Coolidge in Arizona back when the nearest hospital was 2 hours away. Rattlers are no joke.
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by Irishviper on September 21, 2011
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The younger the person, in this case a child, the venom has less mass to work on, so fatalities were often common for small children. Then again, without proper medical treatment and the possibility of poor health to begin with, anyone is subject to potential death from a bite.
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by galllatea on April 17, 2012
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Amen to that. Not to mention, if the person bit was an 'expert' or studying snakes - one would think as a student or instructor, there would be some research into surrounding hospitals to see what resources were out there and available.
Doing field research knowing full well someone could get bit and die - why wouldn't anyone research what the local hospitals supplied etc..to assess risk. Seriously, how often does someone get bit by a snake like this - and you expect a small hospital to be prepared?
Maybe less damage could've been incurred to the function of the hand if all the time traveling to multiple hospitals wouldn't have had to take place. Not to mention - alerting local hospitals of students in the woods picking these types of snakes up potentially, maybe the hospitals would up the bar for keeping certain anti venoms in stock and implementing continuing ed with the employees - if the hospital doesn't know what's going on in the community, they can't prepare. It sounds like they'd never seen a bite like this, ever.
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by Chris_Harper on April 18, 2012
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Clearly, this was a situation where the person who was bitten learned a painful and tragic lesson. The medical facility receiving you may or may not have someone on staff that knows exactly the best and most perfect treatment for your situation. In this case, the patient "assumed" that the first hospital would know how to handle this. Is that really too much to expect? You would think it wasn't.
If you are bitten, when in doubt, my advice is to get Poison Control involved, or the Miami Dade Antivenom Bank. Either will be able to point your clinicians in the right direction.
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by Dadee on August 1, 2013
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Jeremy as this story reads., i have not once ever advocated any person touch a tail. I see them do it all the time, but its just a matter of time. You will get tagged. I always use tools. Never put your hands on something that can take you out. They are wild and will always be so. No more needs to be said about these animals. I've kept most if not all hots under the sun. I refuse to touch any of them....not because I'm scared, just because I respect what they are. I hope you understand what I'm saying. Your hands really mean a lot.
Hope you get the message.
MJ
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by WilliamL on May 20, 2015
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I recently took a trip to Prude Ranch, where I heard this story. My brother saw a Coral Snake outside today and got very upset when my father killed it. I tried to explain to him that this sort of thing would happen, but he insisted that snakes are 'Misunderstood' and in a way, they are. I appreciate you posting this, and I'm not sure if you remember me, but this just shows how lethal snakes can be. You're lucky your blood was so strong :) Also, Sorry about the needles. I hate them too.
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by Acidiumsix on February 18, 2016
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Whats the point of killing a coral snake unless you have a baby crawling around turning over rocks and things? A coral snake can barely get its mouth over an infants finger..they poze zero threat to adults unless your spreading the web of your hand in its face or putting it in your mouth. Seriously, thats a perfect example of how people get all goofed up over something they know nothing about..some mushrooms are poisonous too and so it bleach if you drink it..this doesnt mean you stomp on every mushroom you see and pour every jug of bleach you come across down the drain..Theres just no justifiable reason to kill a coral snake unless you find one in the babys bedroom.
Dont just educate yourself..educate anyone who gives you the opportunity..
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