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Eastern Coral Snakebite: Part I
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by doc on December 15, 2000
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I had similar experience with a 10"-12" copperhead,
and yes, things can go wrong in a split second.
I was fortunate though, I was not envenomated.
My left middle finger swelled about as big as my
thumb, about an 1/8" dot of dammaged tissue, and
stiffness to the middle joint of my finger.
That's minor compaired to wha I have seen.
Doc
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by 2-step on February 21, 2001
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dont feel bad. i too have learned the hard way about handleing small venomous snakes,this one was a baby cotton mouth,i thought i could move it for cage cleaning by wearing a goat skin gardning glove.my thinking:"hey its just a baby,fangs cant be tooooo big,and besides,i'm wearing this glove..."leason learned:baby cotton mouths fangs are big enough!,goat skin gloves aint worth a flip!baby cotton mouths have very toxic venom(realitive to the type of bite i was given in this case it had just pricked a finger with one fang)my hand swole up and felt like some one whacked it with a base ball bat a few times,could not move fingers without pain for two weeks,all from a tiny little dose of venom!and finaly,never ever underestimate a venomous snake!regards,james
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Anonymous post on March 14, 2001
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Coral snake skin 36"
also parts of another onet that the dog didn't chew up.
Just write with your mailing address
to MehnerJM@Juno.com
Yes I kill coral snakes here in town, my neighbors have a baby who crawl around in the back yard.
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by gator_guy on July 31, 2001
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Great article, and I agree they are rather scwermy, and hard to handle. I caught a 10" specimen this evening crossin the road while looking for everglades rat snakes. I felt totally unprepaired when I realized my big, clumsy snake hook was of little use on it. Glad to know someone else has had the same difficulties. Hehe.
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RE: Eastern Coral Snakebite: Part I
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by reptiguy03 on July 29, 2003
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i have really learned alot from this article has great details like the tuff sand to go through and plz send me pictures at amhummer2003@yahoo.com thanks and keep on those
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by rihnoruss on April 30, 2004
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it's really simple... if you don't have a safe way of handling a venomous reptile , then don't handle it. excitement or enthusiasim is no excuse for idiocy.being a native georgian i can empithise that it is very rare and wonderful to find a wild coral , but tailing such a small elapid is just dumb . any elapid is much faster than you are no matter how much stock you put in your ultimatly human reflexis . you got kissed over the cardinal sin , overconfidence .... ha ha.
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by rihnoruss on May 1, 2004
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Please disregard the comment above made under the name rhinoruss , it was not made by me . please see my official letter of appology at the "bitten by a copperhead " artical . thanks "the real " russ
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by rihnoruss on May 1, 2004
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Please disregard the comment above made under the name rhinoruss , it was not made by me . please see my official letter of appology at the "bitten by a copperhead " artical . thanks "the real " russ
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by zinc on September 16, 2004
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Wow what a scary experience!But i play bye my rules and catch snakes with just my hands because im only 13 and cant get the gear.Come check out my article that i experienced with a cottonmouth!I have been bitten 25 times by both harmless and venomous snakes.My article is Only 13 and bitten 25 times.
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