The death of a man in Jefferson County Saturday from a rattlesnake bite defied odds believed to be as long as 1 in 50 million.
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@hoibsh212 жыл бұрын
He prob died coz his heart was beating so fast from running and it quickly spread the venom.
@ronrobertson592 жыл бұрын
I got bit in my yard in March 2022 by a rattlesnake but it was a dry bite. I live in south Alabama. I've ask how common a dry bite is no answer yet because this is the 2nd dry bite I got. I was bite while hog hunting in Myakka Florida in 1986.
@yepiratesworkshop79972 жыл бұрын
I know the Myakka River and I know Florida rattlesnakes. They're BIG!!! (Which means LOTS of venom.) You're a lucky man!!! The friggin' cottonmouths are the bad ones out in those parts. They'll actually come and hunt you. We always stayed out of the palmettos during "dog days" when the snakes were shedding their skins. They were already pissed off and they'd strike at anything during that time.
@yepiratesworkshop79972 жыл бұрын
@@MichaelGiordano777 The last (and biggest) rattlesnake I killed was in Port Charlotte, Florida around 1979. Developers had sectioned off and built roads to numerous subdivision lots for sale and in the mornings, the snakes would be all over those roads, sucking up the heat that was left in the macadam. It was not unusual to see several big rattlers on any trip through those areas. The "big" rattler I killed was amazing. I was wearing sandals and the guy I was with was just wearing regular shoes and all we had was a shovel and a push broom. We weren't planning a snake hunt, but when we saw the size of this snake we just had to go for it. I was trying to whack the snake just behind the head so I'd be able to save as much skin as possible, and the other guy thought I wasn't getting close enough to whack the snake, so he shoved the whole pile of snake toward me with the push broom and the push was so hard that it would have crashed the snake into my legs. I jumped in the air as the snake went by under me, trying to strike at anything and everything. He didn't get me, so I got him first, whacking him in the head and then and then severing it with the shovel blade. I was amazed at how BIG this thing's head was. It was about half the size of my fist and I have big workman's hands. Overall, the snake was just over 6-foot long, and when I skinned him, the skin from the fattest part of his body actually overlapped both sides of the 1X12" board (11-1/2 inches) I pinned the skin to for scraping and drying. The bad news is that I ended up ruining the skin, which would have made a great belt if I'd backed it with leather. That place had a fair number of Coral Snakes, too. As I recall, sometime in the 1990s, someone in the Miami area actually found a cobra in their yard. Nowdays, you could probably get eaten by somebody's python.
@DeathAngelHRA2 жыл бұрын
Adult rattlesnakes are usually conservative with their venom and will dry bite. It can take days or weeks for snakes to create more venom, normally reserved for prey. Young snakes are much more deadly, as they will often dump all their venom as defense.
@MarkSmith-js2pu4 жыл бұрын
This was a freak event and lousy TV report, very shallow. Where was the victim, in the middle of no where? Hard to get to? If he had a fast heart rate in a race, that doesn’t help him. Did he get to a hospital? what kind of rattler was it. If it bleeds it leads and to heck with investigative journalism. I didn’t major in journalism but I know amateur news when I see it. It’s all here in Phoenix too. I’ve been in Phoenix for 30 years, many rattler bites, less than a handful of deaths. Sorry the man passed. RIP
@thesmartoneification4 жыл бұрын
There's only Prairie Rattlsnakes in the front range. The guy was an idiot. Everyone saw the snake sitting on the trail that day.
@Stenuarts52872 жыл бұрын
@@thesmartoneification how warmhearted of you. I think your the biggest idiot of all!!
@leonardseale3756Ай бұрын
@@thesmartoneificationno
@plasticmojo83842 жыл бұрын
Schweet,There seems to be more questions than answers,How long after the bite did he die,did he try to seek medical help,what type of rattler was it and did he try to handle the snake,very unprofessional reporting it was more like snake bite kill all the snakes?????
@Steevee142 жыл бұрын
I agree - very undetailed, superficial, slipshod reporting.
@noremorse68982 жыл бұрын
Some times people have an anaphylactic reaction to the venom which kills them within minutes of a bite.
@mbagwell260719 күн бұрын
BTW you are right. I was 8 miles from the hospital. My friend drove me and we got there 30 after bite. Within 40 minutes I was a mess. within 60 min I had Antivenin in me. Worst hour of my life
@BLUEGATORBOYZ2 жыл бұрын
Rip to the fella who lost his life & thank God the young snake handler speaks rattle snake to let us know exactly what the rattling means
@deusvult69202 жыл бұрын
It's common knowledge for anyone that lives in areas with rattle snakes. You're taught it as a child.
@higgsmerino39252 жыл бұрын
Amateur reporting, except for the professional shallowness. Sell that fear - 1 in 50 million?
@jenniferdodd7503 жыл бұрын
i survived a rattlesnake bite...I fought for my life for 10 days in ICU and nearly died. Be careful hiking or working in the bush! i was wearing sandles walking in tall grass.....Live and learn. respect the snakes...its their space
@johnjepsen42432 жыл бұрын
No sympathy for fools. R.I.P.
@joshgordon24842 жыл бұрын
As a Dr I'm glad you survived it. Many have been bitten walking in their own yard at night well within city limits and many bites hit above shoe height and would penetrate even through fabric shoes. Forgive the dumbasses who ridicule you. The world is full of them. That's how we got the Bidet.
@Vinnay942 жыл бұрын
@@johnjepsen4243 Neither Jennifer or the guy in the news were fools. Unfortunately some people step on snek accidentally.
@clovisclapsaddle49562 жыл бұрын
I was bitten by a timber rattler picking blackberries in South Carolina,was in the hospital for a month.
@MichaelGiordano7772 жыл бұрын
Did seeing your hospital bill for your 10 days in ICU put you back in for Sudden Cardiac arrest?
@woodenseagull18992 жыл бұрын
Squrrels are our problem in England, especially when they hunt in packs, during the Autumn period.! Foxes and Rabbits are scary too....Be careful if You ever cross " the pond "...!
@jbp4.02 жыл бұрын
Rabbits indeed. I've heard the frightful tales of the Legendary Black Beast of Arrrghhh.
@fringelilyfringelily3912 жыл бұрын
In Australia, compression bandaging and a splint are recommended for our venomous snake bites.
@norbertschmitz33582 жыл бұрын
True, never leave home without one. I live in Cairns and we share our backyard with all kinds of snakes, particular the costal Taipan....😉 But we don't have vipers, their venom somehow travels differently through our system and is not that fast acting. Cheers
@Growmap Жыл бұрын
Could you elaborate? What purpose would a splint serve in treating a venomous snake bite? I assume the compression bandaging is to reduce swelling or slow the spread of the venom?
@iDONTdoFacebook2 жыл бұрын
I’ve had 2 friends bitten by rattlers. Both were handling the wild snakes and got careless. One of them was an off-duty Tucson Arizona cop on a hike who did as he’d done many times before - he pinned the snake’s head down with a stick and then picked it up just behind the head. This time he left a little too much wiggle room for the snake (a Western Diamondback) which managed to twist its head around enough to get one fang in him. It obviously wasn’t a dry bite as the redness and swelling began creeping up his arm so he went to the hospital where they ultimately treated him with antivenin. He had a SEVERE allergic reaction to the equine proteins in the antivenin which was far worse than the effect of the snakebite. The antivenin nearly killed him and the doctors involved admitted in this particular case that he would have fared a lot better had they just let the snake venom run its course and not treated him with the antivenin.
@randmayfield56952 жыл бұрын
You live and you learn. I am glad he came out of it alright. I live in the Tucson basin out on the edge of the Santa Rita Experimental Range and the density of all snakes has been extremely high. A lot of it is my fault because I keep a drip water system for all takers...and there are many of those. I watch myself constantly when out on my property.
@iDONTdoFacebook2 жыл бұрын
@@randmayfield5695 I had 7 different species of Rattlesnakes in my personal collection which I kept on display in my home (didn’t handle them without tubes and hooks). Most of those were road-saves taken before somebody came and ran them over. Also had indigenous colubrids: Desert Kings, Sonoran Gopher, Glossy, Lyre, and some others which my kids and I would handle. Also had a couple of adult Gila Monsters and a young Monster (about 12 inches) which I could and would often freely handle. Before leaving Arizona, after living in and around Tucson for 20 years, I took them all out into the desert and released them. The only snakes I’ve ever been bit by are Gophers (which had been previously injured, Rat Snakes, and Coachwhips. Oh, and my Checkered Garter Snake I nearly forgot. It bit me when I tried to feed it with the smell of a frog on my hand.
@randmayfield56952 жыл бұрын
@@iDONTdoFacebook Thanks for the comment. I am moving rattlers off the roads all the time. My place is a reserve for pretty much everything as there's nothing between my lot and Madera Canyon except 25 miles of desert. I live with a constant 'snake and venomous creature' awareness. Two days ago I was cleaning up and found a beautiful Mojave neatly piled into a small depression under a prickly pear pad. Even though uncovered, it stuck to its first line of defense, its camouflage and pretended not to be there. No rattling whatsoever. I put the pad back on it and went to work at another spot. Lots of Gila monsters, coral, snakes, a rare timber rattler, plus everything else. I love where I live but I do have to be careful. If you haven't seen the tube of the guy who picked up the head of a diamondback that he had just decapitated and it bit him. An amazing thing to see as the head turned back on itself to nail him. Instant KARMA I'd say. Check it out. Take care and stay safe.
@iDONTdoFacebook2 жыл бұрын
@@randmayfield5695 Yessir, only a day or two before your comment to me, I saw the video of the decapitated head PURPOSELY TURN and bite the guy who had just cut it off, causing that snake a slow agonizing death. I also feel the guy got exactly what he deserved -and asked for. Two times that I can clearly recollect while I’d been hiking up a thick grassy desert canyon by a creek (both times in the entrance to Wild Burro Canyon in the Tortolitas east of Marana) I unknowingly put my foot down within an inch or two of a Black-tailed Rattlesnake (what you call a Timber Rattler) and was warned by a very brief quick buzz that I had gotten too close. I was wearing shorts and tennis shoes and both snakes could have EASILY bitten me, but I had not actually tread on them and they only felt to warn me with the briefest buzz to let me know they were there. Of course I saw them after their warning and simply stepped away with no further intimidation or defensives by those Black-tailed’s. The same thing happened on my own back porch out on Tangerine Road one evening at dusk early one October when the snakes are looking for good hibernation dens. I had several empty boxes on my back porch and had gone out to select one for use. As I moved boxes apart and stepped in between some of them I heard the familiar rattle, looked down and saw a coiled Western Diamondback or Mojave about 4 inches from my bare foot, ankle, and calf (I had no shoes on). I heeded the warning and backed slowly away, then used one of the boxes to put it in so I could bring it in the house and let it hibernate safely thru the winter in one of the locking terrariums with some of the snakes in my collection. In each of those instances of ACCIDENTAL encroachment, the snakes PREFERRED to warn me first and allow me the space to retreat (which I was glad they did). Snakes are the most misunderstood critters of all. On another note I’ve lived in the wilds of Sahurita (in the upper elevations above the mines). I’ve camped near Aracaca Juction / Sopori Wash out past Amado, and have driven up into Madera Canyon during the autumntime. Each of those are enchanted placed that have their own beauty and mystique. I miss my visits to them.
@susanazinger25252 жыл бұрын
Wow , what a bad situation ...I hope all turned out ok .
@VGMurders2 жыл бұрын
Damn near stepped on a Rattler on no I'm not kidding Rattlesnake Mountain in Reno NV. Bout jumped out of my skin and had an instant adrenaline rush with rapid heart rate and a bunch of cussing. Scariest thing to happen to me in a good while. luckily I was only a 100 yds or so from car if I needed to seek help. Be careful out there and look into the shady spots behind rock and bushes. RIP to the this guy in Colorado.
@mantia392 жыл бұрын
No step on snek..
@joshgordon24842 жыл бұрын
It's pretty easy to die from a venomous bite if you are in the back country on foot or a long way from town in rough country and cant make it to medical care fairly quickly.
@daveweber97372 жыл бұрын
The best tool for a snake bite is a cellphone.
@joshgordon24842 жыл бұрын
@@daveweber9737 Truth.
@vonarg2 жыл бұрын
@@daveweber9737 Yes and the best tool for a venomous snake is a shovel.
@yepiratesworkshop79972 жыл бұрын
@@vonarg Or my .45. A .410 will work just as well. Then bury the head so some dummy doesn't come along and try to play with it. If the snake is big enough, they make great hatbands.
@Growmap Жыл бұрын
I honestly don't understand this. Most Americans can't afford a medical bill that large. So I can't imagine them actually going to a hospital for treatment. And that makes me wonder how dangerous a venomous bite is to a human if they don't get the treatment.
@dfygoh32152 ай бұрын
1 in 50 million yes if you live in Minnesota but you don't get those odds if you live in Arizona or New Mexico
@brendans81412 жыл бұрын
I love how the Colorado news goes from a towering grow room to a story of a rattlesnake bite
@arthurd64952 ай бұрын
😂
@mortsims5 ай бұрын
someone needs to take a math class. one in 50 million????? if all 8000 bites a year were from rattle snakes (which i doubt) and 5 people died that would be 1 in 1600. not one in 50 million.
@folgargrimm68112 жыл бұрын
Bullshit one in 50mill
@paulbrungardt98232 жыл бұрын
A Texas Rattle snake bit my Mother in Law...Poor snake convulsed for 15 minutes before dying. I feel guilty for putting that poor snake in her pillow case
@imawatermelon14392 жыл бұрын
1 in 50 million odds are false, it depends on how often you go into rattlesnake territory. I for instance have very high odds, I own quite a few Crotalus so therfor my odds are probably 1 in 1000 about.
@WayneCook3062 жыл бұрын
If you people knew proper snake bite first aid you most likely would not lose anyone to a snake bite, I have seen the way you try to treat snake bites and it is totally wrong It is most likely the way you were told how to treat snake bite I just think you need more education on snake bite first aid. from someone who knows from Down-under Australia.
@Reality_TV2 жыл бұрын
LOL! So if states aren't required to track snakebites, you don't know when the last one was and it could be more common than you think! There should be tracking for that.
@dustinschmid3353 жыл бұрын
This is misleading rattlesnake bites are very dangerous and can be fatal especially the green mojave very toxic snake
@F_antomas3 жыл бұрын
Agreed .
@chrischandler8892 жыл бұрын
The Mojave green just happens to be a very common rattle snake where i live. I live on the base of the san Bernardino mountains and in the mojave desert. I've seen 4 so far this year and I rarely go out. Imagine if I went out daily? Probably would see many.
@mikeschulze59293 ай бұрын
My friend died last year from a copperhead bite
@robinsmith10912 жыл бұрын
“Hey, haha, don’t tread on me” 🙄
@bobloblaw97912 жыл бұрын
LoL.
@timthompson82973 ай бұрын
I almost got bit two years ago. Scared the hell out of me
@KYBlooograz2 жыл бұрын
Most rattlesnake bite victims require many rounds of antivenom (usually more than ten) and they are around $13,000 a piece.🐍
@yepiratesworkshop79972 жыл бұрын
Ouch. That's a lot of money. I usually cure preemptively, with a .45 bullet at about a buck and a half these days.
@matthewcullen12982 жыл бұрын
Here in Australia snakes are far more venomous the treatment more extensive and the cost to the victim ,FREE.
@matthewcullen12982 жыл бұрын
@@ghomsey5372 sorry I meant to say here in Australia. Was half asleep with no glasses on🤣
@DeathAngelHRA2 жыл бұрын
My 75 lb pit got rattlesnake bit 2 years ago in California. He required a couple rounds and an overnight stay at the vet. $1,300 and no insurance involved. I don't imagine the antivenin being too different for humans, just more price markup.
@matthewcullen12982 жыл бұрын
@@DeathAngelHRA as an Australian citizen I find it incomprehensible how your country works. Our snakes are far more venemous and far more dangerous. An eastern brown snake will chase you in its territory with the intention of biting you and is considered the second most deadly snake on earth due to toxicity and aggression and it's tendance to live around humans. However we hardly ever have a human fatality due to our extensive anti venom program that is free to all Aussies including many people here on a work permit. Even a lot of visitors to our country would get free hospital treatment for Allsorts of emergency care with out insurance (not all). Our animals however cost to be treated for snake bite. How is it that your government priorities animals over human beings.
@utujhgf3 жыл бұрын
1 in 50 million odds is highly misleading. It is the annual odds of dying from rattlesnake bite for Americans. Yet, the vast majority of Americans never enter rattlesnake habitat, so their odds are zero. The odds that matter are: 1) Odds of being bitten and of dying for people who hike in or enter rattlesnake habitat; 2) For people who are actual bitten, the odds of dying; 3) If bitten, the odds of dying if you do receive medical treatment. Yesterday, I encountered a large RS on a hike in Southern California. I did not see it and almost stepped on it. I would estimate I see 2-6 annually on hikes and likely come close to many more that I don't see. I want to know how common it is to be bitten in such situations, and for those that are bitten, the mortality rate. Of course, these meaningful odds are much more difficult to obtain.
@plutosforest3 жыл бұрын
You get it. I was frustrated with shark attack statistics for the same reason. Six billion people aren't swimming in the ocean at any given time. Same with the cliche statistic about getting hit by lightning. I always get indoors during a thunderstorm, and I figure that's what everyone else does, too.
@zerocool13442 жыл бұрын
I agree
@LiberalsReadmyBio2 жыл бұрын
that was the dumbest thing I've heard...start the odds counter AFTER you get bit not BEFORE lol number of bites divided by number of deaths is the correct answer.
@vonarg2 жыл бұрын
What happen if you get bite in an artery by a RS ?
@kenhurley44412 жыл бұрын
Figures don't lie,,,,, but liars figure!
@chuckgates11712 жыл бұрын
He picked the snake up and got bit twice. Leave the snakes alone.
@jonburrows26842 жыл бұрын
Liberals love being one with nature
@Growmap Жыл бұрын
Not smart. No common sense? Why would anyone pick up a rattlesnake? Still, this coverage is sorely lacking in details.
@wdb31103 жыл бұрын
It's always extremely rare except when it's not!
@mamacat633 жыл бұрын
Exactly
@MAJESTIFIED12 жыл бұрын
Snakes aren't toys to play with it!
@jamesb.91552 жыл бұрын
We always said 'bitten' rather than 'bit'.
@bobloblaw97912 жыл бұрын
Who wrote the title? Snake bite golden man dead.
@ThaSilentOne4202 жыл бұрын
DONT TREAD ON ME!
@Tigerssnakes Жыл бұрын
😮 i have several rattlesnakes as pets
@plembonicities62632 жыл бұрын
I remember the story of a guy in Missouri (I think) was swimming in a river and got tagged by a large cottonmouth. He figured all was okay and went home and went to sleep....and never woke up. Moral of the story...regardless of how you feel afterwards, get to a hospital for treatment.
@MichaelGiordano7772 жыл бұрын
Cottonmouth venom is deadly. Worse than a rattle snakes. And those SOB will actually chase you to attack and bite you.
@FischerFan Жыл бұрын
Refusing to go to the hospital, or refusing to take anti-venin, is just an arrogant stubbornness that is asking for trouble. Even if he had survived, the venom in his legs probably would've gone systemic causing some form of long-term, or permanent, damage.
@mac11daddy6 Жыл бұрын
There have been a few people that have pulled it off without medical treatment. Dean Ripa got tagged 7 times by a Bushmaster and survived. As a life long keeper you really need to have love and respect for the animals. I myself have been bitten 14-15 times. Respect is everything when dealing with any snake
@randallharman54242 жыл бұрын
So, it compares to the monkey pox?
@dalejr1832 жыл бұрын
Was it a Mojave? They look like Westen Diamondback but way worse Venom
@kixigvak2 жыл бұрын
No snakes up here in Alaska.
@pabloescobar78022 жыл бұрын
I’d rather lose a leg than die .. I don’t agree with his logic
@MM-ig1iv2 жыл бұрын
Yeah really I think if I was far away from getting to a hospital.. I'd wrap the area with a shoe string or something to buy me time before it gets to the heart!
@MM-ig1iv2 жыл бұрын
Well maybe not that quick..? but to keep it from spreading more and more!
@jonburrows26842 жыл бұрын
Pablo, amigo, we all have to go one day. Let's just try and follow Jesus as close as we can.
@flicksfn9654 жыл бұрын
It’s about as painful as getting a shot but two at a time depends if it’s a dry bite no venom injected or one where the venom is injected but if you get bit and it’s not a dry bite without medical attention you could die in around 6-48 hours
@houstonbrown34503 жыл бұрын
Sometimes they don't rattle!!
@cheveronLI3 жыл бұрын
Also young, smaller snakes are more venomous than bigger older ones
@deusvult69202 жыл бұрын
@@houstonbrown3450 they'll probably rattle if you come across them in the open. But most rattle snake bites happen when people are moving brush, lumber, etc and the snake is using it as shelter. So
@Steevee142 жыл бұрын
Nice garbled run-on sentence!
@timthompson82973 ай бұрын
Terrible
@gabrielruvalcaba23102 жыл бұрын
Hell with snakes
@dorianwolf21982 жыл бұрын
Stop tormenting them leave them alone
@jamils40136 жыл бұрын
Is it a painful bite. How long before u cant be saved
@mamacat633 жыл бұрын
Depends on how much venom is injected. Can be 6-48 hours. Not something yo play around with
@randmayfield56952 жыл бұрын
If you do find a rattlesnake: Don't try and stuff it into your pants.
@woodenseagull18992 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the advice...!
@AFHSpike2 жыл бұрын
they are so rare that "hospitals are not required to track them" who is covering for these snakes?
@CornvilleConsigliere872 жыл бұрын
🤫
@sammyday33412 жыл бұрын
Poor guy. I wonder about the details of the encounter.
@berniebass35752 жыл бұрын
I hate to say this but I'm going to anyway some people think they're invincible until.
@gabe-po9yi3 жыл бұрын
Is that it? No details about if the guy was allergic to the venom and went into anaphylactic shock, which is why most people die from a rattler bite. A guy who worked with snakes got bitten by a black mamba, went into anaphylactic shock immediately and was dead within a minute. Needless to say, he didn't know he was allergic to their venom.
@oldtimerf76023 жыл бұрын
Correct. Isn't the venom unless the person doesn't seek help or there isn't proper antivenin available because the snake is not indigenous to the area.
@woodyboy64932 жыл бұрын
Think with the black mamba it doesn't matter about being allergic to venom or not as that's why it's most deadly snake in africa
@MichaelGiordano7772 жыл бұрын
That guy that was bitten by the black mamba was a dead man either way. So, does it really matter?
@gabe-po9yi2 жыл бұрын
@@MichaelGiordano777 Granted, it’s a helluva toxin. The guy I mentioned could’ve been saved if he hadn’t been allergic to the venom, because antivenom was available within the timeframe it has to be given.
@anthonysears8712 жыл бұрын
Golden😝
@MrHerks4 жыл бұрын
If they don't track them, how can they possibly say how rare they are?
@stephenbrand56612 жыл бұрын
Because hospitals aren't the only ones keeping a count.
@jamedlock832 жыл бұрын
He didn't get to the hospital in time. . . Snake bite deaths are RARE
@MrSwitchblade3272 жыл бұрын
Black mamba enters chat...."excuse me?"
@bradwolfe29932 жыл бұрын
Sincerest condolences go out to the young mans family and friends, tragic i feel this report was misconstrued , misleading in several ways
@Growmap Жыл бұрын
There aren't nearly enough details. Did he seek treatment? If yes, how long after the bite?
@vonsslugcleaningservice50612 жыл бұрын
Darwin always wins
@Pinreefsky2 ай бұрын
It's predictable the FDA won't embrace electro-shock methods for snake bites, which works on hemotoxic venom, but doesn't on neurotoxin.
@williamblake13052 жыл бұрын
We go into there world respect that is not handed down anymore
@thepresentmoment3693 ай бұрын
Walk slow, watch where your walking, stay on trails, wear thick boots or if you can afford it snake proof boots.
@kishorbhatt57603 ай бұрын
Most people would be bitten on the lower foot, if they are hiking or walking. Wouldn't good shoes protect you? Can anyone experience with bites share😮?
@miathebarbie7544Ай бұрын
What I don’t understand is why the anti-venom antidote is only available at the hospital. It reminds me of population control. It’s like we have the antidote so that it makes it harder for you to get here and then you end up dying. ? I think anyone who works in the outback or anyone who lives in Australia, or anywhere that’s not inland and really close to the city should have access to a little first aid kit with at least one anti-venom, antidote
@norbertschmitz33582 жыл бұрын
Interesting! I've always thought that Rattlers were pretty much deadly if a bite is untreated. Our top 10 species are. Cheers from Australia
@al011002 жыл бұрын
We have only one species of rattlesnake here that makes me nervous, the Mojave rattler. This snake is dangerous because of the neurotoxin venom. It isn't as bad as your taipan, but, that snake means business!
@existenceful2 жыл бұрын
Pressure bandaging helps.
@norbertschmitz33582 жыл бұрын
@@existenceful It's the number one first aid in Australia, and it works and has saved numerous lives. However, I've read that in the US most, if nor all venomous snakes are Vipers, and their venom enters the human system somehow differently, hence the use of pressure bandaging is not widely recommended or even known. Any ideas on that? Cheers, from Cairns, the home of the always, if untreated, deathly costal taipan.😡 PS Most snake bite deaths in Australia, 2-3 per year, are caused by our common brown snake. A very agile, nervous but shy snake, that prefers to get away....but cornered or surprised will stand it's ground, and can be found right in suburbia in most places around Oz.
@solarpony2 жыл бұрын
Everything's deadly in Australia including your government
@superioracepilot60052 жыл бұрын
I'm pretty sure rattlesnake bites are always fatal if not treated (exceptions are dry bites).
@Gdowg4442 жыл бұрын
Use a tourniquet don’t use a tourniquet which one is it in Australia we use
@itcantbetruebutis7778 Жыл бұрын
Its usually snakes u dont see and get too close, as they often simply defend against a much bigger threat they perceive coming way too close. I have a baby snow corn snake. She is an albino completely red eyes with pink and white almost translucent skin. I handle her but thats it for me. 😅
@webwhisper27012 ай бұрын
condolences to family 😞😞😞
@st.paulmn91593 жыл бұрын
You’re on their home
@mamacat633 жыл бұрын
We're always on their home. Or some other wildlife's home
@zerocool13442 жыл бұрын
Okay, humans are part of this world, what's our home?
@Snowflake.....2 жыл бұрын
Rattlesnake! Rattlesnake!
@guckertott2 жыл бұрын
I was on a cattle drive in Texas. Along the way, we had to get the large herd to cross the Nueces River. All of us were fine to cross, but one newbie cowboy who didn't like to cross rivers. Said it always spooked him. Think he hailed from Ireland. Well there had been a huge storm the day before and it must've stirred up the cottonmouths because they were congregating in huge numbers. When this kid crossed the river, sure enough his horse sensed the snakes, got spooked and tossed him off to swim. He drifted right into a mass of about ten to twelve snakes and they went at him like a fat lady goes at a plate of wings. He received many bites all over his legs, body and face. He had so much poison pumped into him that even Keith Richards wouldn't have survived. It was sad. We dragged him out and he only lasted about five or seven minutes before dying right on that river bank with all of us huddled around the poor bastard. Worst part was having to tell his brother who was away chasing strays when it happened and was out an hour before returning to find he had no family left. Lotta heart ache on that particular cattle drive.
@glynnellis65192 жыл бұрын
Lonesome Dove
@tatanka85782 жыл бұрын
I got so excited reading this! I know this one! 😂
@DedraAmbroseandSnow2 жыл бұрын
Venom not poison. Venom is injected by a bite from a snake or whatever creature that has Venom. Poison is injected by a needle or ingested. 2 huge differences.
@enasnirercos76262 жыл бұрын
Poor fellow didn't even want to cross the river in the first place.
@todaynow15632 жыл бұрын
Sad this young man lost his life.
@markhamilton87282 жыл бұрын
What species of snake does a guy have wrapped around his neck?
@11buleria Жыл бұрын
I wondered what species was around his neck
@ARTWV Жыл бұрын
It’s a great idea to wrap a rattlesnake around your neck.
@lydiamcpherson79254 ай бұрын
Dumeril's Boa
@joeblow99312 жыл бұрын
wow...I was an army medic, and we were trained to use a turnocuit
@Growmap Жыл бұрын
How long ago? That was recommended decades ago, but isn't anymore.
@lindaflannery67892 жыл бұрын
So sad , RIP 🙏
@Reppintimefitness2 жыл бұрын
Please leave them snakes alone 🚫🐍
@pottnah61522 жыл бұрын
Bbq might be good
@jklop78412 жыл бұрын
He said "don't tread on me" 😂😂😂
@MichaelGiordano7772 жыл бұрын
One less.
@anthonywelcher50362 жыл бұрын
I wish I were the hiker
@leelunk82352 ай бұрын
HUH FOOL
@diana-cy4kj2 жыл бұрын
Is that a rattlesnake he’s got around his neck?
@timhardman47642 жыл бұрын
I know almost nothing about snakes but the head was not the large prominent triangle head that most venomous snakes have (like the Rattler). The markings are stunning with some similarity to a Cotton Mouth which is venomous but a different color palette I think. I'd guess that snakes is some kind of constrictor / python that has a painful bite but no venom.
@diana-cy4kj2 жыл бұрын
@@timhardman4764 I hope it’s just some kind of constrictor.
@moniquemonicat2 жыл бұрын
No, not 'rare.' Getting killed by a domestic cat is rare. Dying from a rattlesnake may not be common but it isn't rare and it happens. Here in Arizona lots of dogs and cats killed each year from rattlers and lots of people brought to brink of death, some that survive have health issues for years, and the $500k hospital bill is enough to kill you.
@Rryan80652 жыл бұрын
Yes, it is very rare. 5 out of 8000 is rare. People die more often from falling out of bed.
@pbodymathis2 жыл бұрын
Shock the bite area with 40,000 volts or less with a stun gun or using your starter capacitor.
@Ryan-jx4vh2 жыл бұрын
I live in Breckinridge. We are too high to have rattlers thankfully. 🙌
@adamseidel89012 жыл бұрын
‘Man dies trying to explain and demonstrate the rarity of of fatal rattlesnake bites’
@safetyfirst21692 жыл бұрын
Respect all snakes and avoid them!
@scottprather5645 Жыл бұрын
Had a close encounter with a rattlesnake buddy and I were camping down in Baja California we backpacked into an area by a stream on a hill I was hiking I stepped over a rock and there was a giant rattlesnake coiled up his head darted backwards and I went leaping the other direction😮 That is close as I ever want to get. Would have been a really bad place to been bitten hell and gone from anything
@user-ly4bz9fw3k2 жыл бұрын
watch where you put your hands and feet....this will prptect y ou.....when they are sunning in the spring they may not get out of your way....
@MM-ig1iv2 жыл бұрын
If they don't get to the anti venom in time it's very very deadly!!!
@jonburrows26842 жыл бұрын
Duh
@MichaelGiordano7772 жыл бұрын
And if the snake venom doesn't kill you the heart attack you'll have after seeing the Emergency room bill will. Anti-venom treatments in the hospitals can exceed 100k. It's well documented.
@Growmap Жыл бұрын
@@MichaelGiordano777 And that is why I want to know what the real stats are for treated vs untreated. There is no way most Americans would go to emergency if they knew it would definitely cost $40k-$100k+
@Omrentonth9992 жыл бұрын
is it bad to move while envenomed?? makes things worse?
@WildlifeObsessed2 жыл бұрын
“…. in Golden …..” What or Where is one of those
@michaela27572 жыл бұрын
So how many of the 8000 people who get bitten, go out of their way to get a closer look or play with the snake.
@Ksane2 жыл бұрын
That's when most people are bitten. Messing with it, laughing at it, trying to kill it 🙄
@alldayeveryday64642 жыл бұрын
Stink
@markburnstein55462 жыл бұрын
,🐍👌
@oldtimerf76022 жыл бұрын
Carry an epi pen people..
@MH-zg5yw2 жыл бұрын
WHAT???
@oldtimerf76028 ай бұрын
@MH-zg5yw Epi pen, for anaphylaxis. Like bee venom allergic reaction, most fast deaths from snakes is from allergic reaction.
@dennisjaros33452 жыл бұрын
Is he waring a Gabon viper?
@matthew68782 жыл бұрын
It’s a Dumeril's boa. Similar pattern.
@strongholds122 жыл бұрын
Bullshido on the "medical" advice. You can also electricity shock the area where you where biting, turn the poison into a vitamin
@chasingflatsriversmostwant82162 жыл бұрын
Really?
@KB4QAA2 жыл бұрын
No, just no.
@coophandluke36973 жыл бұрын
Dopey kid at the snake store
@michelleeaton66023 жыл бұрын
Awwww! I disagree. He provided good information.
@coophandluke36973 жыл бұрын
@@michelleeaton6602 my point is. WHY WOULD ANYONE WANT A SNAKE FOR A PET????? WHAT DO THEY DO??
@coophandluke36973 жыл бұрын
And I got bit by a pygmy, dry bite, but still hurt like hell!!
@michelleeaton66023 жыл бұрын
@@coophandluke3697 😳☹️😬
@angelozicarelli5413 жыл бұрын
What snake does that kid have on his neck? Venomous or non venomous? Sorry I'm a newbie.
@mwblackbelt2 жыл бұрын
IDK what kind of snake that guy is wearing, but the markings are gorgeous
@justinbushman2772 жыл бұрын
Snakes are gross
@mwblackbelt2 жыл бұрын
@@justinbushman277 I don't like snakes and would never"own" one, but I still think some of them are pretty...from a distance
@mwblackbelt2 жыл бұрын
@@SusanKay- Danger noodle?
@davidortega3572 жыл бұрын
I was watching this video some guy had timber rattlesnakes for pets for 15 years those snakes were around his neck he handle them even kiss them just crazy.they bite one time he survived
@vonarg2 жыл бұрын
@@SusanKay- "He still kept the rattler, btw." I could argue he is a total fool then.
@fabeiontatum2052 жыл бұрын
And the watermarks of venomous snake
@colinmccarthy79212 жыл бұрын
They should use Black Mamba’s and King Cobra’s in their Church Services.They are Serpents,like Rattle Snakes are.
@samuelheard74393 жыл бұрын
Some are more immune to the bite that's why some die.
@BlackLion852 жыл бұрын
Hey, don't tread on me either bro!!
@jimmyculp87562 жыл бұрын
I'm not listening to a guy with a damned snake wrapped around his neck?