Yeah I know.. I think you should use your best judgement.. that being if you know your not going to get help within hours!? I'd wrap that freakin area! Rather loose an arm than my life!

Not everything you read on the internet is correct.

I caught that as well. That’s like saying Honey Bees are poisonous.

So… the guy is no less dead regardless!!!

@Michael Mahogany I do. Snakes aren't poisonous, they're venomous.

People also need to learn when to use bit and bitten. It drives me nuts. You weren't bit, you were bitten.

Many different snakes are both poisonous and venomous one being the garter snake also at least scientifically venom is technically considered a type of poison

Pappy so sorry daughter was endangered. Glad she's fine.

i appreciate that klaus , but i think you misunderstand me . yes kill them around your home , of course . but eradication is not needed . once you start down the road killing things out of fear , you lose control . i say avoid when possible , kill if you must .

HE DIDN'T DIE FROM SMOKING CIGARETTES! THE LUNG CANCER KILLED HIM!

Stephen Kintzel we agree totally. What really sucks is when they move in on us like making a home in our barns. Or when we accidentally step on or near them while hiking or running and get bitten. Or while swimming. No thanks, don't need this crap.

Robert Jay Lifton BS, they sure do fuck us over. Maybe you don't mind them creeping all over the fucking place but we sure as hell do. You can have em all. Take your pick, a recreational park loaded full with super deadly venomous snakes for camping with or a beautiful campground recreational park without any. Fine, you love em go live with them. A cop out is human beings have abortions and are being nasty towards other humans who want peace, safe and quiet neighborhoods.

pepndo You misunderstood, it is a cop out when people are nasty towards those who want safe, peaceful neighborhoods is what Is meant.

pay attention to what your doing the best way to do it is be safe at it and if your a rookie mistake can happen main thing stay calm and carry yourself to the nearest er and if possible bring snake alone to help process go faster

Stephen Kintzel wow you have got that right you won't get bit if you're not around them that was a good thing to say. Thank you for leaving this in the comments

That is from a song

I love natural born killers

Thank you! Oh the drama

@@Janeintheok A man DIED. Guess that's pretty "dramatic". Except maybe for a "Drama Queen" from the city : )

just words-venom is a poison "a poisonous substance secreted by animals such as snakes, spiders, and scorpions and typically injected into prey or aggressors by biting or stinging."

And, sadly, there are idiots that kill and eat rattlesnakes - it's a sad business carried out by very sad people.

Anaphylactic shock. Allergic reaction, same as being allergic to bees.

@@oldtimerf7602 that was my thought, too.

@@oldtimerf7602 As a former EMTI/Paramedic, Anaphylatic shock was the only 100% real emergency. Unless treated with drugs you sufficate. Mouth to mouth won't do a thing!

ben Jovi crofab is very expensive and has to be refrigerated.

@@oldpop788 you know you can put refrigerators in vehicles, right?

ben Jovi nah I had no idea. But in ambulances space is at a premium. And at $3200+ a vial and needing 8-12 vials of crofab I don't think most county's will cough it up. Plus unless allergic reaction if you get crofab in the first 4 hours it's highly effective. Also venomlock should be in your first aid if you live in areas with venomous snakes. Also liquid Benadryl.

I live in the woods in south Alabama and usually come into contact with 3 or 4 5 to 6 feet long diamond backs a year many smaller ones and copperhead I agree don't fuck with them

koukimonzta I realise that any specialized medical treatment can be very expensive. But where are you getting these figures? As far as snake bites go, I know about as little as anyone could know. However, that number you state seems extremely high and I would be inclined to think that the medical treatment needed would be quite varible depending on snake type, severity of the bite and amount of time passed before treatment.

koukimonzta CroFab is used on all rattlesnake bites in the US. It may take up to 20 vials at about $5000 to $8000 per vial.

Susan Ravan ouch! I suppose I would just have to try and start building up a tolerance to rattlesnake venom if I was smart.

koukimonzta It is ridiculous that treatment should cost that much, but the hospital and drug companies set the price and if you get bitten you pay it or die. Other countries make antivenin for native snakes that cost a fraction of what is charged here.

koukimonzta of course, we live in a rip off, con artist animal worshipping society. Be careful. Also hopefully all the venomous snake lovers will collect them all and bring them to keep on their property so the rest of us can hike, swim, kayak, explore and enjoy life without ever accidentally being bitten.

Killed a lot of big snakes on Pendleton.

The reverse to this is that snakes do not want to bite humans, since we're a bit too big for them to eat. If they don't give you a dry bite, and they do chose to inject venom, they have to produce more venom before they can feed.

Stfu

The odds of dying in the US are about 1/1000, or in that neighborhood, if you receive antivenom within 2 hours. If you do not, your odds start to go downhill very quickly. My neighbor is a nurse and told me the story of a local who tried to pick up a rattlesnake and it bit his hand. So, being the genius he is, he tried to pick it up with his unbit hand and it got bit too. They had to call around to all the area hospitals and it took every drop of anti-venom in our corner of the state to keep him alive. The man nearly died. Don't mess with rattlers...

What Planet ? Try one and find out !

Nice how these people speculate but honestly have no idea..many factors different in each case: 1 rattlesnake is a different type than mamba& coral ...this sounds like a bad reporting job and it also sounds like coral or mamba probably mamba given the symptoms match the type of venom and mambas are more aggressive than coral also lightning fast compared to pit vipers rattlesnake cottonmouth etc. Coral does the same thing but coral snakes are more cowardly in confrontation..trust me I have a yard full of all these.. I have killed one That I am positive is a taipan Australians swear up & down that "only Australia has that" but remember crocodile Hunter ..is who they try to sound like and they haven't seen Hwy 231 mountain area. Either.. Also a coachwhip has a totally different head shape than this one ..this one has fangs also head shaped like a spoon 66 inches long. Deadly..if you play with snakes you are playing with fire.. A king snake & maybe a rat snake are the only 2 snakes I will tolerate in my yard.. About a week ago a mamba (mine are actually black not grey like Australia's "black mamba" btw ..the minow face is a key way to spot and no mistaking a 7 foot snake that zigzags "s" with his head off the the ground and fangs that strike 8 times to nothing. A coral is different also the fangs in a coral ..a shorter snake red&yellow fangs are already out. Small head but both can kill any man ..if they are full grown "snake" can if bitten and no help is sought.. 5 hours is the max for coral but don't get more than 30 minutes on either the bites may not even swell but they both lock up your respiratory system mambas taipans & cobras all have lethal bites but strike differently ..the toxin is close to the same .. Cobras are the biggest mambas are the fastest taipans are the most deadly by amount of venom it takes to kill . rattlesnakes.. Are nothing to play with imagine a flames burning your skin from inside out or melting your muscle away like acid..thats what a rattlesnake bite is like ..

Hell ya they do most of the time your gonna die from a bit or hell where ever you got bitten might have to be removed from your bodie

@@petedavis7970plus a hospital visit North of $70,000. Anti Venom is a high profit business.

Not Anymore ! My Bad !

He was to beavers but not to snakes!If a beaver bit him he would survive but not a snake bite!

Kill them from a safe distance. We need ti remove all the hippy laws can kill all rattlesnakes and cotton mouths. But coty folks that don't have to live with them make the laws. I say, i just release everyone i catch in the city. See how quick the attitude changes.

If ya got no knowledge and experience ,yes

@@bornfree8073 what laws? Are there really laws against killing snakes? I’ve never killed a nonvenomous snake, but I’ve shot a couple rattlers that were pissy and in the wrong location (den next to a picnic table, near my house). I’ve left plenty of rattlers alone on the trails. Been a city dweller many years, now in the country. I don’t know anybody that would object to killing a venomous snake that was endangering someone.

Yes that's it but some dumb asses don't heed. That message. I don't know about this guy. But your right,,,

@@bornfree8073 rattlers and such are out closer to the country for a reason. I’d kill a snake that is clearly threatening or comes too close to my house though

it's below your heart. Obviously another supposed expert that doesn't know anything. If you hold the bite higher than your heart the Venom can rush through your bloodstream to your heart. You hold it lower than your heart so it has a tougher time spreading.

Always below the heart unless you want it to get there quicker (doc).

The recommendation is always changing, but just as tourniquets are no longer recommended for their focusing the venom in one region where it can thus be more destructive, so too is lowering or elevating your limbs. Accordingly, I think it would be best to just lay down, rest, and be calm as possible. That way the venom won't be focused in one particular area and will be equally diluted in all areas. Then your liver can clean your blood before the venom can do any permanent damage.

looboo52251 thank u captain obvious

Play stupid games win stupid prizes! It has been documented that most bites come from Handling the snake and alcohol is a factor also!

@@angelajohnson6659 that’s right because most are drunks trying to impress a friend by picking up one. That’s suicide.

Michael Thalman that was my thought also.

Some 1: It's actually called anti-venin, not anti-venom...but I'm not gonna grammar Nazi you for being non-PC. LOL

It might also be possible this was a Timber rattler with type A Venom. This is a venom with some neurotoxins. With these kinds of venom, it does shut down respiration. I did not think the Timbers up in Pa had type A, but of course, there could always be an exception. I have been bitten by Timber Rattlers 2 times, both in the 70s. Right arm near my elbow and on my right buttcheek. The last one was in 1978 and I was home on leave from the Air Force. As someone who has been bitten, please watch out.

Little Shepherd Farm - You just did - DUH

@@THE-michaelmyers Wow, for sounding like you know everything about rattlers, rather amazed you don't know how to keep from being bitten.

Snakes are like people,,,,,take it from there. 😛😳😜

Crofab is very expensive and it not like you can just keep it in field. But most real handlers do keep antivenin handy. The average cost per dose of crofab is $3200 and you could need 8-12 vials.

@@oldpop788 it’s more than that now. My nephews hospital bill was $70,000 from a Canebrake rattlesnake last fall.

@Indrid Cold it's funny that you said that I actually had some rattlesnake one time at my brother's house when I was kind of young probably not quite 20 I had to I don't remember what it was like it was a long time ago

My dad's dog buster died from a decapitated copperhead.

qpwillie WRONG. Chef Cheng Fan was bit by a cobra head 20 minutes after he decapitated it to prepare for a dish.

Why would you kill a snake..

@@sammyflorczak8800 because it is your dad

Funny😐

A tourniquet only constricts slows the flow of venom to the heart

mocabe01: EDIT: SEE MY COMMENT BELOW.

@@littleshepherdfarm2128 that's not how blood pumping and pressure work.

@@calliph You're correct. I looked into it again afterwards and they suggest keeping your hand above your head so that the venom can spread a lot thinner so you actually have a better chance of survival. My apologies for putting the wrong info in here but that IS the way it used to be way back when. This is the perfect reason why science and medicines are in constant need of updating the methods.

No chit... lol

Yeah, there are a lot of stupid people out there. Problem is, they aren't going to listen to some ignorant city bitch telling them to do it.

MKrip808 Ignorant of what?

Some apparently do ! ?!?

THEY'RE not there

YOU'RE not careful

I'm in Blair County, this past summer was hiking an stopped to take a drink when I heard that distinct sound. Glanced back over my shoulder to find one coiled up right off the path about 6 inches from my feet. I slowly backed away an luckily wasent bitten. I got a huge stick to move it further off the path an im not exaggerating it launched itself 3 and half feet into the air entire body off the ground trying to tag me. Have also had to remove 2 from my mother's house in the last 5 years. They're deff to be respected and left alone if possible.

And that was a dr saying that wtf

Watch out for those snow snakes... they wait for you to go to sleep then they will crawl up your ass and freeze you to death... lol

If it's a chicken snake he better have his chicken with him or he a corba..

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bmf222002: And ice it if you can to slow down its effects and keep the swelling at bay.

Nope the affected part goes above the heart.

That's what i thought..... If you want to keep the toxins from spreading, why would you have gravity bring it to the heart quicker?

It's below the heart

true - by that reasoning everyone who dies is because of his own fault.

yiannis clerides I watch these stories on how people die, then i read the comments from people. Most are so smart on how they think they will die i guess???

There is no cell service where his camp is and its quite a hard to find land lines these days.

Rollo Fenrir here in Texas you've got an hour to get the anti-venom started. My uncle was bit on the foot by a copperhead and liked to have lost his leg. It swelled very big and turned black.Only 2 days in the hospital and the bill was 24,000.00 US. The lesson to learn is don't go to the lake in flip flops if you're not going to pay attention where you step!

Rollo Fenrir: Most likely so. The one thing they teach you about ALL snake bites that are venomous is to put ice on it to reduce the swelling and to slow the venom down , then all those other things come after that. However, as in the case of the black widow spider a person CAN be allergic to the bite and THAT will cause very rapid death. Black Widows are poisonous/venomous but in order for you to die from their bite you must be allergic to it. And there's only one way to find out and I ain't ready to try it yet so don't look at me :)

I think (hope) the idea is that snake venom in the bloodstream isn't usually toxic and concentrated enough to kill or cause long-term damage to an adult. However, if restricted and therefore concentrated in one region with a tourniquet, it could be much more destructive.

shane chambless .... I bet she doesnt mind a bit of 'one eyed snake' ....

@Robert Curtis Aren't you two just so mature? No doubt, democrats too.

@@joeeckley5272 Yeah, because it's definitely a sign of maturity to immediately draw a correlation between someone's comment on a video and their political leaning. But in your particular case, the correlation between your comment and your IQ is pretty simple to ascertain.

@@bigbluegpr Democrats...I bet!

Yeah ! So what ? They are Both !

reverse thrust I'm guessing that what was going around was bullshit then

Eric R. That's what I said imagine how many people that deceived

Let me help you some. For some unknown reason rattlesnake bites vary in the kind, and amount of damage they do, in the South. I was friends with an elderly lady that was bitten in the leg. She had an initial sore like a cut. After it healed, her leg shrank below the bite until it was only 2/3 the size of the normal or unbitten leg. After a few months the pain went away , and it was 30 years later, when I knew her. Same smaller sized leg, without pain.Another man, also in Florida, worked construction, and caught rattlesnakes on his earthmoving job, to sell to zoo's. One bit him on his fingers. He couldn't stand the pain, so he had three fingers amputated. Months went by, and he still had excruciating pain. Had hand amputated, so he was left with a wrist stub. Six months later he was no better, so they amputated half his forearm . Still further along the timeline, they took his remaining forearm and elbow. It continued hurting, and he was trying to decide if he wanted to remove his shoulder. This was in the 1970's. Slides of the man, each, with a new missing part of his body, were shown by the U.S. Government ( Fish and Wildlife Service) at Merritt Island National Wildlife in Florida,( a National Wildlife Refuge superimposed on NASA, or Cape Kennedy Land,) where we launch rockets and Space shuttles. Unfortunately, I had to sit near the head of the entire region, to watch the slide show. When we were shown the slide of the missing elbow with the stub left below the shoulder, the regional head ,( a guy named Ken Black) got the dry heaves, and had to leave. It was difficult to keep from laughing out loud, but since only two of us saw him, we would have been run out of the meeting for being so insensitive to the snake bite victim. All the slides showed a heeled stub. ( no blood, and tendons exposed.) I'm an old man, but somewhere those slides exist, and probably a few old farts like myself, that saw it also. I have heard frequently since then, that in some cases the bite severity is related to how long it had been since the snake struck it's earlier victim. BUT, an equal number of writings mention like I did, that no matter the snake size, or the time of an earlier bite, Rattle snake bites in the Southern United States vary from one individual to the next. Death is possible. Copperheads are the least poisonous of our Southern poisonous snakes. Few die of their bite. Have a great day.

John Smith now we are having more hybrids between the copperhead and cottonmouth that are a little trickier too. Crazy that many cures might come from their venom in the next decade or two though, rattlers included.

97ozku: Yes unless it the other type of venom which goes to your nervous system rather than attack your muscle and arterial tissues. In that case ( the Bushmaster and Fer De Lance are perfect examples of south American venomous species that WILL go to your nervous system) you would want to slow the effects down as much as possible and definitely use antivenin. Other species that inject this type of nerve attacking compound includes the cobra family and sea snake family. Sea snakes that reside in salt water (as far as I know) have no cure for their bites so you either live through it on your own or you die...and I've never heard of any case where a person survived it.

Orlando Johnson wow Ur so amazingly INTELLIGENT

Are you actually that stupid, or do you act that way to impress your friends? I mean WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN SNIFFING TO BE THIS FAR OFF THE WALL BUTT WIPE? Your remark isn't even coherent to the advice I gave, you're out there somewhere in LA LA Land, and please don't comeback, no one in Reality Central wants you here!

LOL

Lol...

what ever you think mister, I am trained in this actual first aid, been in the Jungle. and you? you place the limb bitten in ice water and it actually slows the venom down, so what ever you think, do what you know best.

dave Scopes well no shit

jai yen yen not as serious as yours.. i fear

He was adding firewood to his fire outside of his camp in the dark. Honest mistake.

That Murder Inc. I didn't say mistake. I said misNake

This man made a fatal mistake ! He probably knew his time was up as soon as he got bit !

Australian keelback.

If they slither through poison there is.

right, likeeeee