Strange news about a snake bite.

[rwsmith]

I will tell you a good story that goes with several days on morphine. I had a nurse that I really wanted to get a sponge bath from until I sobered up and thought, "Man what were you thinking?" She was big, fat and ugly?

I did see how people could become addicted to the stuff, it feels good. The only problem is it will lock your bowels up like Ft. Knox!

Yeah, I've heard of addicts in history somehow living with extreme constipation. Makes you wonder how they accomplished anything but necessity probably calls for extreme measures to deal with it. I think a few supposedely stroked out in the effort.

 

[ladder13]

Copperheads around here. I keep my hands and torso out of pine straw and shrubs. We have an excellent EMS system and many hospitals within 5-30 minutes away. I'm staying put.

 

[Jerry in SC]

Copperheads around here. I keep my hands and torso out of pine straw and shrubs. We have an excellent EMS system and many hospitals within 5-30 minutes away. I'm staying put.

Same here, but we are real careful in the spring and early fall.

Russell snake boots were the first thing I bought when I moved to SW Georgia in the late 60's. There were some monster rattlers there. The farm ponds were full of moccasins and banded water snakes, fishing at night with hula poppers could be exciting….

 

[Golphin]

Whatever happened, with about 6-7K bites per year and about 5 or 6 deaths per year in the U.S., fatal snakebites are extremely rare.

Most time those that are bit are messing with the snake. Either trying to kill it or catch it.

 

[03hemi]

I love rattle snakes myself.

 

[Mike SC Hunter]

Plain to see those that grew up around " Sylvester no shoulders" and those that didn't. Anywhere around them Have a snake bit kit handy, wally world has them……

My snake kit a pistol of some kind.........Hope never need the bite kit.